Recep Tayyip Erdogan[/B] hinted today that he will seek a presidential term for the last time, announcing that he will then hand over the baton to the "young people".
"We will start building Turkey's century with the support we seek for the last time to our name from our people in 2023," Turkey's president said during a speech in Samsun, hinting that if he wins the 2023 elections, it will be his last term.
"We will hand over this sacred flag to our young people," he added."
Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003, and his Islamist-conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) hope to retain the country's reins in the June 2023 parliamentary and presidential elections.
But the Turkish president faces many problems, including an inflation rate that has reached 84.4 percent.
In October, Erdogan had reiterated his desire to prepare a new Turkish constitution that would be "democratic, simple and visionary."
According to some observers, this was interpreted as an intention to modify the two presidential term limit set by the Turkish constitution.
[/P]Source: Cyprus Times
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