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The implications of Turkey’s Executive Presidency
With the approval of constitutional changes in April 2017 referendum that redesigned: 1) duties & powers of the executive with allowing of executive order 2) relations between the legislative, executive and judiciary branches 3) regulations addressing the judiciary 4) the investigation and trial procedures for the President & the Cabinet 5) the budget approval process 6) elections process, Turkey laid the ground for Executive Presidency in which the President (Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pictured) is both the head of state and head of government of Turkey and does not need parliament to form the government. The new system ... (full story)