AKP to publicize new charter draft by early 2022, says Erdoğan

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be ready to publicize its drafted brand-new charter in the first months of 2022, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said while repeating his call on all political parties to do the same in a bid to create a joint blueprint.

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"We are closely following the process on the new constitution. Together with our partner in the People's Alliance, we are gradually shaping our own preparation. We wish that we, as all political parties, carry out the work on the constitution together," Erdoğan told at an inauguration ceremony of the new premises of the Supreme Court of Appeals in Ankara on late Sept. 1.

The AKP and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have vowed to introduce a new fully civilian constitution in 2023, which is the centennial of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey and will also mark presidential and parliamentary elections in June.

The MHP had already declared that it completed its own version and handed it to the AKP for deliberations. Erdoğan informed that the AKP's draft would be publicized in the first months of 2022.

"We believe that we will produce a reasonable text that has internal consistency and that it will be approved by the vast majority of our nation and meet the needs of our country in the medium and long term," Erdoğan said, calling on other parties to do the same.

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"It will be a great achievement for Turkey if there would be an opportunity to discuss all these drafts and generate a common text," Erdoğan stated but also stressed that past experiences do not give him much hope.

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