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President Erdoğan says new constitution will prove Türkiye’s democratic maturity
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the opening of the fifth legislative year of the 28th term of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye in Ankara that the goal of drafting a new civilian constitution was an effort to demonstrate the maturity of Türkiye’s democracy.
In a speech in Ankara marking the opening of the fifth legislative year of the 28th term of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assessed the goal of drafting a new civilian constitution. Erdoğan said the goal was an effort to demonstrate the maturity of Türkiye’s democracy.
Erdoğan said the Assembly was qualified and authorized to draft a constitution at every stage and under all circumstances. Wishing the new legislative year to be productive, Erdoğan said ideas, criticism and proposals should be expressed freely within a framework of mutual respect and courtesy.
Erdoğan described the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye as the institution in which the national will is embodied and said its reputation must be held above all else.
2.5 percent economic growth
Assessing the economy, Erdoğan said Türkiye had maintained its development and growth trajectory despite successive wars and crises in the region. He announced that Türkiye’s economy had grown by 2.5 percent in the first half of 2026.
Emphasis on a Türkiye free of terrorism
Erdoğan said the process for a Türkiye free of terrorism also aimed to build social and national consensus. He said the process, which was taking shape as the region became a ring of fire, was creating a deterrent effect on Türkiye’s opponents, strengthening Türkiye and generating new activity in the region.
Erdoğan said that discussing problems and producing solutions in an environment free of terrorism, conflict and disputes, with mutual respect, would become easier, adding that the democratic capacity of politics would be further strengthened.
Call for consensus on a new constitution
Erdoğan said he believed the conditions for drafting a new, democratic, participatory, liberal and civilian constitution for Türkiye would mature further. He said the issue of a new constitution remained a test for Turkish politics.
Erdoğan said all of Türkiye’s constitutional experiences had contained technical or political flaws and shortcomings, adding that beginning work on a new civilian constitution worthy of the Türkiye Century would be a genuine test of everyone’s sincerity.
Erdoğan said the new constitution would broaden Türkiye’s horizons and would be the product of a new politics based not on polarization but on competition within a framework of consensus.
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