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Turkish elite veto proposal that people be allowed to elect president directly

Waseem Shehzad

Jumada' al-Ula' 15, 14282007-06-01

On May 25, Turkish president Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed a proposed constitutional amendment that had been passed by the Turkish parliament, by which the president of the country would in future be elected by a direct vote of the people, rather than by the present arrangement in which he is elected by parliament. The amendment had also proposed to reduce the president’s term from seven to five years but allow him to stand for a second five-year term.

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