After the last "purges", Erdogan swears and concentrates all his power on himself

Infinite purges. On Sunday, July 8, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed the dismissal order for 18,632 people accused of links with terrorist groups. A move that brings to more than 130,000 the number of people affected by the measures taken after the failed coup of July 2016.

Lost since yesterday, 8,998 police officers, 3,077 soldiers from the US. army, 1,949 members of the air force and 1,126 members of the navy. In addition to the military, 1,052 civilian employees of the Department of Justice were fired, 649 employees of the gendarmerie, 192 Coast Guard employees and 199 academics. Any pbadport will be suspended, writes Abc News. Not only the dismissals: the decree provides for the closure of three newspapers, a television channel and twelve badociations. Among the measures, there is also the reinstatement of 148 state employees who were affected by the dismissal.

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The last round of purges?

The purges, at least on paper, should end with this decree, since the next July 18 will expire the state of emergency imposed by Erdogan after the coup that will not be renewed. But international observers are cautious: "The last wide and purged turn is further confirmation that there will be no significant normalization of Turkish politics in the near future," says Wolfango Piccoli, co-chair of the Teneo consulting agency. intelligence. And even the promise not to extend the post-coup security measures does not convince: it's a "meaningless development" because the new presidential system will allow Erdogan to continue to govern through decrees, as he l & # 39; He has done these last two years, he explained. Small to Bloomberg

The Presidential Oath in the Presence of Berlusconi

At 3:30 pm Italian time on July 9, Erdogan swears in Parliament in the ceremony that actually sanctioned the transformation of the Turkish government into the presidential system. The 64-year-old president, who has ruled uninterruptedly since 2003, emerged victorious from the June 24th election despite the last desperate bid for the opposition that came with the vote. However, the victory came back once again to Erdogan's party, the AKP (Justice and Development Party).

Devam!

– Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RT_Erdogan) 24 June 2018

Then, in the evening, the new government will be presented at the presidential palace of Bestepe, in the capital Ankara. A ceremony attended by Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi. Also present were the Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro, the Hungarian Viktor Orban and the Kosovar Hashim Thaci

] What changes with the new presidential powers in Turkey?

For over a year, Turkey is a presidential republic, but it is only with the elections of 15 days ago that the news is effective. What changes? The figure of the Prime Minister will be abolished and the number of ministers will fall to 16, from 23 today, chosen entirely by the president who can also remove officials without the approval of Parliament. We had explained the consequences of the vote of April 2017 in this article. Since the failed coup d'etat on July 15, two years ago, Erdogan has staged a mbadive prosecution for the enemy, identified in the exiled preacher in the United States, Fetullah Gulen and his supporters . Erdogan and Gulen, once allies, are now fierce enemies. Blame it on a story that dates back to 2013: the corruption scandal that overwhelmed members of the Ankara government and for which Erdogan accused Gulen of being responsible.

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