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Turkey issues presidential decrees reshaping institutions

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in on Monday under the new system allowing him to issue decrees on executive matters and appoint and remove senior civil servants.

Ersin Çelik
11:02 - 15/07/2018 Pazar
Update: 11:40 - 15/07/2018 Pazar
File Phto: People walk past an election poster for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey.
File Phto: People walk past an election poster for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkey issued presidential decrees on Sunday reshaping key political, military and bureaucratic institutions as part of the transformation to an executive presidency followed last month's election.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in on Monday under the new system allowing him to issue decrees on executive matters and appoint and remove senior civil servants.


Erdoğan has said the executive presidency is vital to make government more efficient, drive economic growth and ensure security.


Among the latest changes, the General Staff was brought under the authority of the defense minister, a move following Erdoğan's appointment of current Chief of the General Staff Hulusi Akar as defense minister.

In total, the country's Official Gazette published seven decrees regarding many state institutions, including the secretariat of the National Security Council, the Defense Industry Directorate and the State Supervisory Council.


The changes coincide with the second anniversary of a failed coup attempt during which at least 250 people were martyred, many of them unarmed civilians, when putschist soldiers from the terrorist FETÖ organization attempted to topple the democratically-elected government.

A state of emergency was declared after the failed coup and is set to expire this week.

Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally Nationalist Action Party (MHP) plan to introduce security regulations to ensure the fight against terrorism will continue after emergency rule ends.


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