nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210219-154137-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210219s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210219-154137-0 doi eng 342 23 Tokatlı, Mahir Author aut A Turkish Fairy Tale About a ‘New, Civilian Constitution’ Tokatlı, Mahir Verfassungsblog 2021-02-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is once again calling for a 'new, civilian constitution', although the previous round of far-reaching constitutional amendments have only been in force for 2.5 years. Due to declining approval rates, the AKP is turning to well-proven populist strategies, initiating debates on the constitution while referring positively to the inclusive constitution of 1921. Despite this rhetoric, the ruling AKP is not interested in a new constitution at all, but rather in specific modifications that will secure their own power. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 AKP constitutional amendment Erdogan Turkey Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/turkey-civ-constitution/ raw object