{"id":12199,"date":"2026-05-11T23:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=12199"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:36:56","slug":"erdogan-calls-for-new-civilian-constitution-says-turkiye-must-overcome-legacy-of-coups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/erdogan-calls-for-new-civilian-constitution-says-turkiye-must-overcome-legacy-of-coups\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdo\u011fan calls for new civilian constitution, says T\u00fcrkiye must overcome legacy of coups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA, Monday, May 11, 2026 (WNP): President of T\u00fcrkiye Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on Monday emphasized the need for a new inclusive and civilian constitution, saying the country must overcome the legacy of constitutions shaped by coups and extralegal interventions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Addressing a gathering, President Erdo\u011fan said the principles of rule of law, supremacy of law and good governance were fundamentally rooted in constitutional texts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He stated that despite the adoption of four constitutions after the Kanun-i Esasi, the Turkish nation\u2019s aspiration for a truly democratic constitution had not yet been fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>The president said the fact that T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s last two constitutions emerged under the influence of coups and non-democratic interventions had played a major role in this continuing challenge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRectifying this democratic disgrace is the debt of Turkish politics,\u201d Erdo\u011fan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He stressed that a new constitution should be inclusive, libertarian and civilian in nature and described it as an opportunity to strengthen democracy on stronger and broader foundations.<\/p>\n<p>President Erdo\u011fan said the constitution should no longer remain a framework imposed upon society by coup plotters or elites, but rather become a social contract shaped directly by the will of the people and presented to the state by society itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA, Monday, May 11, 2026 (WNP): President of T\u00fcrkiye Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on Monday emphasized the need for a new inclusive and civilian constitution, saying the country must overcome the legacy of constitutions shaped by coups and extralegal interventions. Addressing a gathering, President Erdo\u011fan said the principles of rule of law, supremacy of law and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-middle-east","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}