Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attend a meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Turkish President Erdogan on Monday hailed a big victory for his ruling party in the country's parliamentary election and demanded the world respect the result.(AP Photo/Presidential Press Service, Pool) (The Associated Press)
ANKARA, Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman has suggested that the ruling party will revive a push for constitutional changes to increase the powers of the president following Sunday's electoral success.
Ibrahim Kalin told reporters Wednesday that Erdogan believes a presidential system would make Turkey "jump up a league" and said the issue could be taken to a referendum.
The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, which Erdogan founded, won a resounding victory in Sunday's election. The party however, is still 13 seats short of the 330 required to call a referendum on any constitutional change.
Sunday's vote was a re-run of an election in June in which the party had lost its 13-year majority.
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