· in its history, it has seen 4 militairy coups and civilian rule dominated by militairy
· now things are changing
· under PM Erdogan(serving 3rd term as PM), turkey has achieved high economic growth
· He has curtailed the power of militairy
· Turkey has formulated a foreign policy that seeks to
o Remain independent of its western allies
o Join EU
o Engage with its west asian neighbours
· Turkeys democratic credentials are held ina we in arab world where it enjoys friendly ties
ISSUES
· Erdogan’s party justice and development party(AKP) has its roots in political islam
· There is fear that erdogan may take coutnry away from kremalist secularism as define in its 1982 constitution
· This issue ahs polarised its society
· Government now plans to frame a new consitution
o It needs to ensure that in this process it heals the divisions in society and delivers an inclusive, democratic and liberal constitution
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