Turkey issued on Wednesday a decree that would transfer powers to the president in line with a new presidential system that will take effect following June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The decree changes the wording in some 5,000 laws dating from 1924 to 2017, removes references to the prime minister — whose office has been abolished — and transfers some powers to the president.
In a referendum last year, Turks voted by a narrow majority to move to a powerful executive presidency.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in last month’s elections ushered in these new changes.
With his new powers, he will be able to form and regulate ministries and remove civil servants, all without parliamentary approval.
The changes in the latest decree will take effect when he takes the oath of office, expected in parliament on July 8 or 9.
Erdogan won the presidential election with 52.6 percent of the vote, according to results which have yet to be confirmed by Turkey's electoral council.
The government has been issuing decrees, bypassing parliament, since a state of emergency imposed following an attempted military coup in July 2016. Erdogan has promised to lift emergency rule after the election.
