Türkiye’de 24 Haziran 2018 Genel Seçimleri Sonrasında “Topal Ördek” Tartışması: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Hükümet Sisteminde Olası Riskler ve Karşı Çözümler

Abstract

The government system discussions began in Turkey after 1970's has ended with the adoption of the presidential government system with referendum held on April 16, 2017. The presidential government rising on the foundations of the presidential system in full struggle with the various guardianship focuses and ending the administrative and political crisis of Parlimenter system specific to Turkey aims to eliminate obstacles that leads to a democracy deficit including the election of the executive and legislative powers in particular.While some regulations integrated into the new system immediately were implemented with the referendum, the full implementation of the system was possible with the June 24 general elections. However, immediately after the June 24 elections, the Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed that the president, who was the head of the executive power, was facing the "lame duck" case of the United States (US) type presidential system. Such a situation emerges when the successor-predecessor presidents in the United States have a different political majority in terms of executive power and the period spent during the change of duties. The concept of lame duck, which is at the center of the debate, was defined as someone who could not pay off the debt in England in the 18th century, and in time, it was used in the sense of a manager with limited authority. Therefore, this study will analyze how the political picture formed after the first general elections of the new government system overlaps with the 'lame duck' case expressed by the opposition parties. In addition, it will be emphasized that whether the discussions stem from political reasons or the structural problems of the new government system and what counter-solutions about the topic are brought in the new system.