New constitutional system in Turkey within the framework of the President's relationship with the political party

The authoritarian aspect of the 1982 Constitution which has been tried to be changed in every period, has been at the center of the discussions since its entry into force, was further deepened with the 2017 Constitutional amendment. Transition to the presidential regime debates that is in the agenda for many years in Turkey, has evolved into a different dimension with the 2017 Constitutional amendment, which foresees a radical change in management style. Considering the discussions of academics and politicians on the change of management style, in general lines the issue seems to be investigated in terms of; federal-unitary state structure, advantages and disadvantages of parliamentary and presidential regimes within the framework of the constitutional design of powers. Nevertheless, since the specific political party structure and party system of countries play an important role in the functioning of the political regime, the issue should also be addressed from this aspect. The focus of study is, the possibility that the president, who is given broad powers at the constitutional level, can further increase this power in constitutional practice for not being cut off his relationship with his party. It has been possible to obtain concrete clues on this issue with the new constitutional system fully coming into force on 09.07.2018. In this context, within the framework of the president's relationship with his political party, the new constitutional system which we will examine in legal and political dimensions, will be tried to be qualified by also making use of comparative law.