Turkish opposition parties promise to slash presidential powers

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and the other opposition party leaders Ali Babacan of Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), Gultekin Uysal of Democratic Party (DP), Ahmet Davutoglu of Gelecek (Future) Party, Meral Aksener of IYI (Good) Party, and Temel Karamollaoglu of Saadet (Felecity) Party, meet to announce their joint plan to slash presidential powers and strengthen the role of parliament if they win the next election, in Ankara, Turkey February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

Six Turkish opposition parties set out a joint plan on Monday to slash presidential powers and strengthen the role of parliament if they win the next election.

The new system would reverse changes made in a 2017 referendum that gave President Tayyip Erdogan near unchecked authority, Muharrem Erkek, a deputy head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said.