FILE PHOTO: Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey February 18, 2022. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - Six Turkish opposition parties set out a joint plan on Monday to slash presidential powers and strengthen the role of parliament if they win the next election.
The new system would reverse changes made in a 2017 referendum that gave President Tayyip Erdogan near unchecked authority, Muharrem Erkek, a deputy head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said.
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