Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pushing to change his ceremonial role to chief executive as in US and RussiaTurkey’s president has been pushing for some time for a unusual presidential system to govern the country, sparring with critics who accuse him of attempting a power grab.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest comments in favour of greater executive powers are unlikely to help him bring those critics round. On Friday he was quoted by Turkish media as citing a striking example of an effective presidential system – Germany under Adolf Hitler.
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Source: theguardian.com