In an unexpected commentary on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of the need to select a new and “civilian” organization for Turkey.
During a televised speech following a Cabinet meeting, Erdogan remembered that the country’s last two characters – established in 1961 and 1982 – were drafted following military coups and received “indelible” traces of the “service tutelage.”
Erdogan said the new law should be a “civilian” one but did not develop.
“Perhaps the time has come for Turkey to discuss a new constitution,” Erdogan said. “This work must be carried in front of the people and through the support of all of their representatives in a simple manner, and the text that emerges must the given to the approval of the people.”
Erdogan replied that he would address the issue with his party’s nationalist allies.
“If we reach a common knowledge… with our partners, we could take effect for a new law in the period ahead,” he said.
In 2018, Turkey transitioned from a political system to an executive administrative system that focused most powers in the hands of the president. The change came following a vote that changed several articles of the 1982 constitution.
Erdogan also said Turkey was establishing a microsatellite launching facility that would soon start sending Turkish and foreign satellites.
“God active, at a not so distant date, we will be staring into space the spacecraft of our roots and those of our friends from our own ability,” he said.