About two weeks after his re-election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath on Monday (15.30) in Ankara. In the future, as head of state and government, he will get much more power and will be able to promulgate decrees with legal force. He may appoint his ministers without the consent of Parliament. Erdogan said his swearing began a "new era".

01:50, 09 July 2018

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After taking the oath, Erdogan waits for more than 30 heads of State and government to celebrate in his palace. In addition to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov are also on the guest list, according to the government newspaper "Sabah". Monday night, Erdogan plans to present his new cabinet.