constitution

Charter amendment draft to be submitted to Turkey?s parliament at 5:30 p.m. - POLITICS On a Saturday, at 5:30pm, do they think they'll push it though quietly?

Secularism shouldn?t be in Turkey?s new constitution: Parliament speaker - POLITICS I remember the time when people scoffed and said this was just a conspiracy theory. Next I guess they'll tell me "what harm can it do?" Charlotte

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu called on Turkey's political parties to come together and agree a new constitution after his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) regained its parliamentary majority at a general election on Sunday. "I'm calling on all parties entering parliament to...

Reuters) - Incoming Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday that the country needed a new constitution with a liberal character as he set out his vision for Turkey ahead of his expected appointment on Thursday. In a speech to the ruling AK Party of president-elect Tayyip...

Hi - on our site we have 12 apartments - and a decent sized pool - built in 2005/6. We do have 3 owners who let out in the season. We do not have a formal management committee / structure. One owners lives there full time and monitors the maintenance company to see they do s good job - which...

Egyptians 'say yes' to new constitution - Middle East - Al Jazeera English Egypt has said YES to a new constitution. I appreciate that the Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the referendum, but the turn-out was still slightly higher than the 2012 vote. Let's see what...

I have rather lost the thread on what is going on in Turkish politics on this issue. A year ago there were strong signs that there would be a Putin-style stitch up on this. RTE had run out of his PM time but wanted to swap the job for Pres. BUT only if the power structure changed so the Pres was...

Touted with much fanfare, then after much argument and anti feeling a referendum was held and yes, all systems go for the new constitution, then nothing. It might be said that as RTE was not getting his way with a new Presidency role he might have lost interest, what is apparent though is if...

Hi can anybody help Is a constitution drawn up and signed by a majority of apartment owners legally enforceable also can an amendment be proposed to the constitution. I have had conflicting opinions as to whether this is possible. VERY PUZZLED donnie.

Syria’s Interior Minister has announced that 89 per cent of those who took part in the referendum have voted in favor of a new constitution. The new law puts an end to five decades of one-party rule among other reforms put forward by President Assad. Interior Minister Ibrahim al-Shaar announced...

Syrian state TV has announced the government will hold a referendum on a new constitution on February 26, in an attempt to end the conflict that has wracked the country for 11 months. President Assad has confirmed a new constitution has been drafted, but the referendum had previously been...

We find ourselves witnessing a new era in Turkey, with the ruling party's promise of a new constitution. I strongly believe there will be very exciting political times ahead. As a relatively new country Turkey is trying to develop financial stability, regional power and democracy (or not...

Good afternoon: I noticed this in my paper today and was hoping someone else would post something about it but as none has appeared so far have decided to do it myself. Poll shows Turkish public longs for legal reform, new constitution I suspect that a lot of viewers will pooh pooh it because...

I don't know if this is a repost but you can find the Constituion of The Republic of Turkey in english here Heavy going but useful seeing it in English. C

Here's a link to the Constitution of Turkey in English in full - when you get to the site scroll about halfway down the page and you'll see it (if you're at all interested!!) http://www.turkishnews.com/NewsNetwork/ C

This doesnt look too clever. Another sign of the stronger governments Islamic roots ? If so then they dont seem to have wasted any time in pushing their hidden agenda. Were the Bingo raids reported in 'Voices' just the start of things to come ? I know the womens groups are kicking off but I...

French voters were said tonight to have resoundingly rejected the EU Constitution, sending a defiant message to France's political establishment and dealing a blow to plans for further European integration. So what does that mean for Turkey's chances of joining the EU?