http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170103-113938 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/turkeys-draft-constitutional-amendments-harking-back-to-1876/ Turkey’s draft constitutional amendments: harking back to 1876? Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi Gözaydın, İştar eng 2016-12-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarianism Constitutional Reform Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In the last month of 2016, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the fourth biggest party, the National Movement Party (MHP) unveiled a controversial new draft constitution which aims at a total system change. Initially, the most striking changes include the strengthening of the presidency with several new powers and no accountability to the judiciary. Furthermore, the way is cleared for Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to rule the country until 2029, and who knows – maybe even longer.