WebGeneral elections were held in Turkey on 22 July 2007 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly.Originally scheduled for November, the elections were brought forward after parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Ahmet Necdet Sezer.The result was a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP), which …

WebRecep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001, leading it to election victories in 2002, …

WebParliamentary term is lowered from 5 to 4, President would be elected with popular vote, 2007 Turkish constitutional referendum: 15: 9 February 2008: Changes for public office holders' usage of public services 16: 7 May 2010: 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum: 17: 17 March 2011: Arbitration on sports activities: 18: 20 May 2016

WebA constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution.Members of a constituent assembly may be elected by popular vote, drawn by sortition, appointed, or some combination of these methods. Assemblies are …

WebThe Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament (Turkish: Meclis or Parlamento), is the unicameral Turkish legislature.It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution.It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the …

WebAn independence referendum was held on 1 October 2017 in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, passed by the Parliament of Catalonia as the Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Catalonia and called by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The referendum, known in the Spanish media by the numeronym 1-O (for "1 October"), …

WebThe Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey.Turkish Armed Forces consist of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Forces.The current Chief of the General staff is General Yaşar Güler.The Chief of the General Staff is the Commander of the Armed Forces.

WebScottish independence (Scottish Gaelic: Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; Scots: Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland as a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom, and refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about.. Scotland was an independent kingdom through the Middle Ages, and fought wars to …

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WebThe referendum creates a Presidential Republic. Many observers and European states view the referendum as an "enabling act" and see it as "democratically backsliding". On 24 June 2018, Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the presidential election in Turkey again. He was Turkey's first directly elected president. In 2016, the Turkish coup took place.