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The roots of Turkey’s constitutional history are found in the late years of the Ottoman Empire and the 1876 Ottoman Constitution. The first republican constitution in 1924 set a preference for a parliamentary system, however majoritarian pressures have existed since the advent of multi-party politics. The 1982 Constitution prioritized state interests over human rights and came under heavy pressure during the 1999–2005 democratization process. While the AKP first spearheaded the introduction of a liberal democratic constitution, it later shifted its interest in promoting a majoritarian shift reinforcing the powers of the president.
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Grigoriadis, I.N. (2018). Democratic Transition in Turkey . In: Democratic Transition and the Rise of Populist Majoritarianism . Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57556-8_3
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