Instead of promoting equality among all Turks, Erdogan’s reform - TopicsExpress



          

Instead of promoting equality among all Turks, Erdogan’s reform package seems designed to consolidate the power of the A.K. Party. The government has been under pressure to abolish a rule that requires political parties to win at least 10 percent of the vote in order to hold seats in Parliament, a threshold that has had the effect of excluding a regional Kurdish party from national politics. The prime minister has proposed two alternative systems, either of which would resolve the problem of Kurdish representation — but also reduce the size of the two mainstream opposition parties now in Parliament, almost certainly decimating the one in third place.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 08:47:34 +0000

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