Kenan Huh?
Turkey is ruled by its government.
Yes it is ruled by its govt but is it selected or elected Govt?
Point is that the government cannot act in an unconstitutional manner. It is The Constitutional Court of Turkey that has a final say in the matter. Potentially Turkish Army could be used to overthrow such a government. It has done this in the past - several times in fact.
Now how does that Constitutional Court of Turkey gets elected or selected? Until now it was under "Turkish Army" but that will change by next elections. Let me give you this bit
The fifth constitution was established in 1982 by the last military regime after its seizing power in 1980. The 1995 amendments abolished about 20 articles and the preamble that stated the people's will to accept military rule. Further changes of the basic rights section have been adopted by a major revision in 2001. Constitutional reform as a prerequisite for eventual membership in the Europen Union has been established by additional amendments until the current ICL status date of May 10th, 2007.
* March 2004: Government of Erdogan announces imminent constitutional reforms.
rest please read at this link
http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/tu__indx.htmlSo we have to realize that until the last election the governing body of Turkey was in fact selected NOT ELECTED by the majority of People of Turkey..
"Part Four, Section Two allows for a Constitutional Court that statutes on the conformity of law and governmental decrees to the Constitution, and it can be seized by the President of the Republic, the government, the members of Parliament (A150) or any judge before whom an exception of unconstitutionality has been raised by a defendant or a plaintiff (A152). The Constitutional Court has the right to both a priori and a posteriori review, and it can invalidate whole laws or decrees and ban their application for all future cases (A153)."
"The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) are subordinate to the President, in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief."
That is true .,
That is how Turkey was ruled by Mustafa Kemal Atatürkites until now and that is how until 1997 Turky was ruled always by coup d'état not by democracy.
1960 Turkish coup d'état., 1971 Turkish coup d'état., 1980 Turkish coup d'état
and 1997 military memorandum (Turkey).,
So the question is Can democracy function in Turkey by the Government elected by people? And going back to your words,
Furthermore, freedom of political expression, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of though/religion are essential for a democracy.
Can we have those highlighted fundamental rights in Turkey having Islam and Islamic doctrine on top of the elected body?
With best regards
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