nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170130-094629 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170128s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170130-094629 doi eng 342 23 Petersen, Felix Author aut The Final Trick? Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, and the Recomposition of the Turkish State Petersen, Felix Verfassungsblog 2017-01-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Turkish parliament has recently passed constitutional amendments that will, pending the public referendum in spring 2017, set aside decades of parliamentary system tradition. Presumably aimed to repair the dysfunctions of the current regime and to respond to the need of a “stronger Turkey”, the proposed draft does not only eradicate the principle of separation of powers but rebuilds the state according to the interests of ruling groups, without much consideration being paid to the overall integrity of the system and long term implications. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Checks and Balances Presidential Democracy separation of powers Turkish Constitution Yanaşmayan, Zeynep Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-final-trick-separation-of-powers-checks-and-balances-and-the-recomposition-of-the-turkish-state/ raw object