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Constitutional Court’s Partial Endorsement of Reform Package Divides Turkish Politics

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Saban Kardas, Eurasia Daily Monitor 7, no. 134, Jamestown Foundation, 13 July 2010

Kardas characterizes the upcoming referendum on the constitutional reform package as a "mini-election" preceding and presaging the 2011 parliamentary elections. CHP and MHP are both opposing the reform package, while BDP is boycotting the referendum.