Erdogan assumes greater powers as the new era of Turkey begins

Ankara (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn in on Monday for his second term as head of state, taking greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades according to a new system condemned by its opponents as autocratic. Erdogan, who transformed Turkey by allowing Islam to play a greater role in public life and strengthen the country's international stature, will take an oath almost two years after defeating a coup attempt. Bloody State

The victory will be followed by a sumptuous ceremony in his palace, attended by dozens of world leaders marking the transition to the new system of executive presidency.

Erdogan will face immediate and major challenges in his second term. Economic and foreign policy tensions between the West and Turkey, a member of NATO.

He also promised to end the state of emergency that has been in place since the July 20 failure. In what appeared to be the latest emergency decree issued just one day before the inauguration, 18,632 public sector employees were sentenced to layoffs, including thousands of soldiers and police officers.

After the inauguration, Erdogan will turn immediately to foreign policy, visiting northern Cyprus and Azerbaijan, two traditional first stopovers for a newly elected Turkish leader.

He will then go on to more difficult encounters at a NATO summit. Brussels, where he will meet his American counterpart Donald Trump

– The last regime of Turkey –

The new system was accepted in a fiercely disputed referendum in 2017, but the changes were denounced with vehemence by the opposition. will sit at the top of a vertical power structure marked by a lean government with 16 departments instead of 26 and several agencies under it.

Emre Erdogan, Professor The Ministry of European Affairs, created in 2011 to oversee Turkey's hesitant attempt to join the Commission, said Parliament's powers were "very limited" under the new system. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will enter into history as the 27th and last incumbent of a post that has existed since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded modern Turkey, and whose origins date back to the Ottoman Empire [19659010] Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Saturday named Yildirim as Speaker of Parliament, an appointment likely to be approved Thursday by the House.

Those attending the ceremony at the presidential palace The evening will include Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in a new sign of the warm ties between Ankara and Moscow.

Of the 22 heads of state present, there will be Venezuelan President Nic olas Maduro, regarded with contempt by Washington but an ally of Erdogan, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

– Fresh Cabinet –

The new cabinet, to be announced at 1800 GMT, should have a different outlook, especially after Erdogan said the government would include non-AKP figures.

More intense attention will focus on who will be responsible for foreign policy and the economy.

The current Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu could theoretically continue in his work According to information, Erdogan could choose his spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, or even the chief of espionage Hakan Fidan to succeed him.

Markets will closely monitor economic appointments, eager to see a fast-growing company hand in hand.

Erdogan, who came to power as prime minister in 2003, won 52.6% of the vote in June, more than the 51.79% won in the 2014 elections. [19659024] His rival the closest, Muharrem Ince of the main opposition party Republican Party (CHP), has managed 30.6%, but the party is now stuck in internal battles over his future leadership and leadership.

Parliament, which holds 294 of the 600 seats, will need its allies in the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has 49 seats to secure the majority.

Analysts said that the partnership with the nationalists could push the AKP to more radical policies, especially on Kurdish issues and relations with the West.