Ankara's Esenboga International Airport as he returned home after completing a four day state visit to the Russian Federation on Sunday. I hope that this will be realized in a very favorable atmosphere, in a favorable manner, he added. Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Sunday that drafting a new constitution is a matter of compromise.It is numerically possible to adopt a constitutional amendment without the main opposition party, but constitutional amendment is a matter of compromise, not a matter of parliament majority, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil CicekCicek told Anatolian Agency.Cicek said the majority could amend the constitution, however tension would begin the other day and it would hurt Turkey.Unfortunately the main opposition party has not found a constitutional amendment positive, he added.Cicek said that if it was impossible to prepare a new constitution with participation of the opposition, then lawmakers could only change some articles related with Turkey's European Union (EU) process. He said the parliament could discuss limiting political immunity if the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) responded positively to the call of the parliament speaker.Earlier this week Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the government would resume talks with the opposition on drafting a new civilian constitution after March 29 local elections. Erdogan said the CHP's decision not to take part in the government's efforts to prepare a new constitution could cause problems.Last September, Turkish Parliament speaker Koksal Toptan sent a letter to chairmen of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the CHP, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and proposed to set up four separate committees to debate constitution, parliamentary by-laws, European Union (EU) adjustment regulation, and some other important laws.Toptan has said he would invite the government and the opposition to seek a consensus after the local elections.","author": {"@type": "Thing", "name": "hurriyet.com.tr"},"publisher": {"@type": "Organization","name":"hurriyet.com.tr","logo": {"@type": "ImageObject","url": "https://image.hurimg.com/i/hurriyet/100/0x0/590c24950f25442978242248.jpg","width": 230,"height": 60}}}
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There is wide consensus on writing a new constitution or changing some of the current constitution's articles, Gul told reporters at
"I hope that this will be realized in a very favorable atmosphere, in a favorable manner," he added. �
Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Sunday that drafting a new constitution is a matter of compromise.
"It is numerically possible to adopt a constitutional amendment without the main opposition party, but constitutional amendment is a matter of compromise, not a matter of parliament majority," Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil CicekCicek told Anatolian Agency.
Cicek said the majority could amend the constitution, however tension would begin the other day and it would hurt Turkey.
"Unfortunately the main opposition party has not found a constitutional amendment positive," he added.
Cicek said that if it was impossible to prepare a new constitution with participation of the opposition, then lawmakers could only change some articles related with Turkey's European Union (EU) process.
He said the parliament could discuss limiting political immunity if the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) responded positively to the call of the parliament speaker.
Earlier this week Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the government would resume talks with the opposition on drafting a new civilian constitution after March 29 local elections. �
Erdogan said the CHP's decision not to take part in the government's efforts to prepare a new constitution could cause problems.
Last September, Turkish Parliament speaker Koksal Toptan sent a letter to chairmen of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the CHP, the�Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and proposed to set up four separate committees to debate constitution, parliamentary by-laws, European Union (EU) adjustment regulation, and some other important laws.
Toptan has said he would invite the government and the opposition to seek a consensus after the local elections.