sPAT May 2017 Agenda: “Turkey after the Referendum”

The small Provincial Assemblies of Turkey continue to exist as a “basis for dialogue” between different social and political groups; eight years after its establishment. In the first meeting after the 7th sPAT-GNAT Meeting, the Assemblies gather with the general agenda, “Turkey after the Referendum.”

The small Provincial Assemblies of Turkey continue to exist as a “basis for dialogue” between different social and political groups; eight years after its establishment. In the first meeting after the 7th sPAT-GNAT Meeting, the Assemblies gather with the general agenda, “Turkey after the Referendum.”

Turkey has voted for the amendment of 18 articles in the Constitution, on 16 April 2017. Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have conducted “Yes” campaigns for the referendum; while Republican People’s Party (CHP) and People’s Democratic Party (HDP) have conducted “No” campaigns. The Constitutional amendment referendum, which puts an end to the Parliamentary system in Turkey, has passed the elections with 51.4 percent “Yes” votes against 48.6 percent “No.” The referendum had a participation of 83.3 percent; according to the initial data. The difference between “Yes” and “No” votes have been 1 million and 250 thousand votes. 1 million votes have been invalid. Please click here for detailed information on the referendum process and the results.

small Provincial Assemblies of Turkey have gathered with MPs and civil representatives in February and March, debating the “Constitutional referendum.” Please click here fore the common denominator report of those meetings.

In the meetings of May 2017, we gather with the agenda: “Turkey after the Referendum.”

The time and location of the meetings are as indicated below:

Province        Date               Location & Time

*****Please contact our provincial porter for up-to-date information. You may find their contact information on our event calendar page.

Information on the meetings:

In case there is more than one person representing the same organization, only one of those representatives can take the floor at once. The time periods indicated below may be increased or decreased as long as all participants agree on the change and the flow of the meeting is not disrupted.

In our meetings, special guests speak about the general agenda for 10 minutes following the introduction video presented at the beginning of each meeting. After the special guests, the turn of speech is given first to Non-Governmental Organizations for 5 minutes each, then to Political representatives for 5 minutes each. Once the first round is completed, either the second round, or a question-answer session beings; according to the number of attendance and to the common preferences of the participants. In the Q/A session, political party representatives have 2 minutes to answer the questions asked by the civil society in 15 seconds. In this session, the special guests may be asked questions as well. The same format is applied for the local agenda as well, and the meeting concludes.