The domination of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), in power since 2002, was again confirmed with the election 10 August 2014, in the first round with 52% of the vote, of Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of the Republic of Turkey.

The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi), abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish, is a social conservative political party in Turkey. It has developed from the tradition of Islamism, but has officially abandoned this ideology in favour of "conservative democracy".

The party is the largest in Turkey, with 312 members of parliament. Its leader, Ahmet Davutoğlu, is Prime Minister, while former party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is President.

Politics of Turkey

Turkey is a multiparty republic with a parliamentary system in which the president is head of state and the prime minister is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government while Legislative power is vested in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The judiciary is independent of the previous two. The current constitution was adopted Nov. 7, 1982 after a military period.

Executive power

Until 2007, the president was elected by the Turkish Grand National Assembly by a majority of two thirds of its members, for a term of 7 years non-renewable. Since the reform of October 2007, it must be elected by direct universal suffrage for a term of 5 years and re-elected once; this shall apply from the 2014 election He appoints the Prime Minister from among members of parliament. The other ministers are to be chosen from the parliamentary groups according to the size of them.

The National Security Council (MGK), which is chaired by the President of the Republic and by generals control the various Turkish Armed Forces, Chief of Staff and the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister ofjustice and Deputy Prime Ministers. It is through this institution that the Turkish army manifested his will on domestic issues (on the Kurds or the Armenian genocide or on secularism) or external issues (Cyprus, Iraqi Kurdistan, the embargo on Armenia ), etc.

Legislative power

Legislative power is vested in the Turkish Grand National Assembly composed of 550 seats renewed every 5 years.
To be represented in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, a party must nominate candidates in at least half of the provinces of Turkey and obtain at least 10% of the vote on the whole of Turkey.

Judicial power

The Constitution guarantees the independence of justice.
Turkey has two court systems, judicial and administrative. At the head of each of these orders are, respectively, the State Council and the High Court of Appeal.
The Constitutional Court (Anayasa Mahkemesi) is responsible for resolving issues related to compliance with the constitution.

Role of the army

Since the founding of the modern Turkish state by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923, the Turkish army sees itself as the guardian of Kemalism as the official ideology of the state, although Atatürk have manifested the intention to separate the army of policy. The Turkish armed forces retain a high influence, although declining, in Turkish political life and decisions about national security, through the National Security Council.

The army seizes power in a coup in 1960, 1971 and 1980. She also managed to oust Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan from power in 1997 because of his Islamist views.

In April 2007, in anticipation of the presidential elections, and in response to the Justice and Development Party policy (AKP) a majority in parliament, the army reaffirms its intention to keep intact the principle of secularism in the country .