Recep Tayyip Erdogan will swear as the first president of Turkey with executive power

Ankara. Turkey's current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, swears on Monday as president of Turkey after his electoral victory last month, allowing him to keep his position but with increased powers, writes Al Jazeera .
A number of foreign leaders and representatives, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani, will be present at the inauguration ceremony
The event in the capital Ankara will include the transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential system, in accordance with the constitutional changes approved in a referendum in April 2017.
Under the new system, Erdogan, 64, will lead the country's executive power and have the right to appoint and remove vice-presidents, who will be a new position, as well as ministers, senior officials, and senior judges – without 39, parliamentary approval.
The president will have the power to dissolve the parliament, issue executive decrees and establish the state of emergency. The post of Prime Minister does not exist in the new system
Later on Monday, Erdogan will announce his cabinet.
He had stated that he would have no members or legislators from his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the new cabinet hinting that he would be composed of former politicians and bureaucrats [19659007] Control of Power and Balance, Economy

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly emphasized that the strong role of the President would create a stable environment that would allow the country to take "steps for the future in an even stronger way. "
However, opposition parties, Western allies of Turkey and other critics claim that the system provides the President with great power without the necessary control and balance, defining it as "a government unique."
Erdogan begins his new term facing a number of economic challenges, including rising interest rates and inflation, as well as the highly devalued Turkish lira against the US dollar
Tanner Berkshield, economics professor and columnist, said lowering interest rates would be an obvious priority for the new government
"At the moment, real interest rates are not enough to keep inflation low, and we will only see what economists will do in the cabinet," Berkshire told Al Jazeera
"However, interest rates will drop in all cases as the alleged (economic) risk for Turkey will gradually decrease after the investiture," he added.
According to him, the decline in interest rates "will also depend on the extent to which the new government will interfere with the policies of the Central Bank."
During his election campaign, Erdogan openly declared that he would be more active in the economy and that he would work to reduce interest rates. a situation that had been in effect since July 2016, after a failed coup d'état
Since then the government has arrested or sacked more than 100,000 people, including 18,500 civil servants on Sunday

More mixed rhetoric towards the European Union

Negotiations 39, accession of Turkey to the European Union years, while relations with the United States are also strained.
Galip Dalai, a political badyst, said that he was not expecting major changes in Turkey's foreign policy after the inauguration of Erdogan
"I expect a more moderate rhetoric between the EU and Ankara in the coming period, especially as a result of the lifting of the state of emergency and economic problems in Turkey, "Dalai told Al Jazeera
He added that he did not envisage a "serious development" of the differences between the two countries, "since the roots of these problems between Ankara and the EU existed well before the state of & dquo; # 39; emergency ".
Meanwhile, Ankara is working closely with Tehran and Moscow to end the war in Syria. At the same time, Turkey's cooperation with Russia has developed in a number of areas, from energy to defense
"I expect the United States and Ankara to talk more about Syria," Dalai said.
He added that cooperation between Russia, Iran and Turkey would be "less burdensome, since Washington is the main responsible for Turkey's goals in northern Syria."

Translation and Editing: [19659006] Yonislav Dochev

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