http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170515-094627 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/abusive-comparativism-pseudo-comparativist-political-discourse-as-a-means-to-legitimizing-constitutional-change-in-turkey/ Abusive comparativism: “Pseudo-comparativist” political discourse as a means to legitimizing constitutional change in Turkey Tecimer, Cem eng 2017-05-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Comparative Constitutionalism Comparative Law Constitutional Reform Presidential Powers Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The constitutional amendment process has arguably weakened Turkey’s already-fragile constitutionalist system. This is well known. What is less known and pretty much overlooked is that comparativism and specifically comparative constitutionalism has suffered at the hands of Turkish political elites during the legal and political discussions that preceded the referendum.