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The referendum is going to be held in April 2017. The people will vote the proposed 'presidential system' in which the President seizes more executive power, such as appointing cabinet members, issuing decrees. The office of Prime Ministry is also abolished. It is a radical shift from Turkey's 90-year old parliamentary tradition.
The ruling party AKP and the MHP superiors endorse this system. MHP's stance especially is a shock for the Turkish opposition; and they seem not to have persuaded their own voters, estimatedly more than a half of MHP's voters do not comply with the party's official decision.
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