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Turk PM wants new constitution by first half 2012

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 13:57

ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday his government aimed to draft a new constitution by the first half of 2012 and he would seek cross-party consensus to do so.

There is broad political agreement in the European Union candidate country on the need to update the constitution, which was written under military tutelage after a 1980 coup, but past attempts to reform it have been plagued by political bickering.

Analysts say a new constitution must address the demands of the Kurdish minority and consolidate the civilian government's oversight of the military, reforms long demanded by the EU to modernize the Turkish state.

"We will focus on the new constitution intensely with the start of new term in parliament. I hope rapidly, within the first half of 2012, we want to get this finished," Erdogan told reporters before leaving on a state visit to Macedonia.

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