Erdogan’s Turkey

Optimistic expectations that the Turkish system established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, republican, nationalist, secular, and modernized, would continue have been frustrated. Hopes for a successful multiparty democracy ended because of chaotic politics and military coups.

Turkish leader Erdogan pushes to create powerful presidency

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks after Turkey's parliament approved a contentious constitutional reform package, paving the way for a referendum on a presidential system that would greatly expand the powers of ... . Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, center, poses for a photo with his legislators shortly before Turkey's parliament approved a contentious constitutional reform package, paving the... .