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TÜRKIYE - Opinion on the Amendments to the Constituion Adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 21 January 2017 and to be Submitted to a National Referendum on 16 April 2017
TÜRKIYE - Opinion on the Amendments to the Constituion Adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 21 January 2017 and to be Submitted to a National Referendum on 16 April 2017
Under these circumstances, the Venice Commission is not convinced that the principle of precedence of laws over presidential decrees is sufficiently established in practice. It should be underlined that the existing Turkish case-law refers to a parliamentary system and will need to be adjusted to a presidential one, which will require time.
