{"id":275864,"date":"2023-09-12T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=275864"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:27:01","slug":"journalist-erdem-claims-new-constitution-will-include-the-phrase-majority-of-the-people-are-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/journalist-erdem-claims-new-constitution-will-include-the-phrase-majority-of-the-people-are-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Erdem's claim on the new Constitution: \u201cThe government will want the phrase \u2018the majority of the people are Muslim\u2019 to be included\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan told reporters on the plane after the G20 Leaders Summit in India that after the opening of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the People's Alliance will focus on working for a new Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan's statements were also on the agenda of the Free Speech program presented by Beg\u00fcmhan Aydo\u011fan on Flash Haber TV last night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">I think that in the event of a constitutional amendment, which Erdo\u011fan has signaled, there will be a push to add to the Constitution a statement such as \u201cTurkey is a secular country where the majority of the people are Muslim.\u201d I explained why on Flash TV <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgmaydogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@bgmaydogan<\/a> \u2018in the Free Speech program presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AiFDs7XhLv\">pic.twitter.com\/AiFDs7XhLv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- Ali Kemal Erdem (@akemalerdemm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akemalerdemm\/status\/1701357611843473551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Journalist Ali Kemal Erdem, one of the guests of the program, made an allegation about the planned amendment to the Constitution, claiming that the main goal is to include the phrase Muslim or Islam in the Constitution, and said, \u201cThis time they will want this phrase to be included in the Constitution: Turkey is a secular country with a Muslim majority.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In case of objection to the demands, they will point to that phrase in the Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erdem argued that if this phrase is included in the Constitution, it will have the following consequence: \u201cWhen future demands are brought to the agenda, \u2018Look, it is also mentioned in the Constitution. The majority of the people are Muslim. There are the requirements of Islam. They probably want that word to be included in the Constitution.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A long-standing demand of the Islamic community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claiming that the Islamic community has been asking for the word Muslim or Islam to be included in the Constitution since the past, Erdem said, \u201cAfter it was included, you objected to something tomorrow and said, \u201cLook, brother, it is written in the Constitution. The majority of the people say Muslim. The principles of Islam are also clear.\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumhurba\u015fkan\u0131 Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, Hindistan\u2019daki G20 Liderler Zirvesi\u2019nin ard\u0131ndan u\u00e7akta gazetecilere yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klamada TBMM\u2019nin a\u00e7\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan Cumhur \u0130ttifak\u0131 olarak yeni Anayasa i\u00e7in \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalara yo\u011funla\u015facaklar\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6yledi. Erdo\u011fan\u2019\u0131n bu a\u00e7\u0131klamalar\u0131 Flash Haber TV\u2019de d\u00fcn ak\u015fam Beg\u00fcmhan Aydo\u011fan\u2019\u0131n sundu\u011fu Serbest K\u00fcrs\u00fc program\u0131nda da g\u00fcndemdeydi. &nbsp; Erdo\u011fan&#8217;\u0131n i\u015faretini verdi\u011fi Anayasa de\u011fi\u015fikli\u011fi halinde Anayasa&#8217;ya &#8220;T\u00fcrkiye halk\u0131n\u0131n \u00e7o\u011funlu\u011fu M\u00fcsl\u00fcman olan laik [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":277909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}