The presi̇dency government system and the electoral alliences in Turkey

With the adoption of constitutional amendment by holding a referendum on, on April 16, 2017 that made changes in the government system in Turkey, presidential government system was initiated. It is a positive development that the innovations brought by the alliance regulation allow parties to enter the elections through an alliance. It is also a positive development that the alliance political parties are calculated with the total votes of the alliance to the country-wide election threshold, and it does not contradict the principle of justice in representation in the context of the unanimity of the political parties to overcome the barrier of the high election threshold. This process, which resulted in the implementation of the new government system, is thought to be in line with the trend of increasing the executive power in the world. Time will tell if the system will be successful or not. In order to understand this issue, how the political parties will take shape in the new government system and how the structure of the party system will be affected becomes important. Indeed, the political system problems Situated in Turkey's history as it relates to the government system, is also associated with the party system.