Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, speaking of the significance of the upcoming constitutional referendum, said that Turkey's democratic system is the biggest guarantor for the country to not to face situations similar to those in Syria, Iraq or Libya.
"Turkey hasn't become like Syria, Iraq or Libya due to the existence of the ballot box, which is the biggest signature of a democratic system," he said.
"We believe the majority will vote 'yes' in the referendum," he added.
Kurtulmuş also touched on the negotiations between the Syrian regime and opposition groups in Kazakh capital Astana, which is a part of a Russia- and Turkey- backed aim to find common ground to stop the six-year bloodshed in war-torn Syria. He said the Astana talks aim to support to Geneva talks.
"These efforts are not a rival [to Geneva]. They are rather supposed to support peace together," he said.
The talks, which focus on extending the cease-fire that came into effect on Dec. 30, 2016, have been brokered by Turkey, which backs the opposition, and Russia and Iran, which support Bashar Assad.
Kurtulmuş said that Turkey's fight against terrorism continues determinedly and criticized the pro-Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for its support for the terrorist organization.
"They could have taken the advantage of representing their voters in Parliament. But they attended terrorists' funerals instead of doing this," he said.
Turkey has been fighting a more-than 30-year war against the PKK, which resumed attacks across Turkey in July 2015 after breaking a two-and-a-half-year cease-fire deal.
Since July 2015, at least 700 security personnel and up to 10,000 PKK terrorists have been killed.
