Recep Tayyip Erdogan

: The ruling AK Party that Erdogan led for more than a decade before becoming president in August says it wants to rewrite the constitution to shift power from the parliament to an executive- style presidency, according to Business Week. Erdogan says a presidential system is necessary for Turkey to enter the global top ten of world economies by 2023, the centennial of the nation birth. They’re voting on whether to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the mandate he demanding to transform the nation political system. His critics say Erdogan increasingly autocratic tendencies are damaging the Middle East largest economy and key NATO ally in the war against Islamic State. The election is a choice between increased authoritarianism versus a parliamentary democracy defined by the division of power. The vote is about whether Erdogan drive to consolidate power and weaken institutional checks and balances is accelerated, stalled or potentially reversed in the longer term, says Anthony Skinner, head of analysis for the Middle East and North Africa at UK-based forecasting company Verisk Maplecroft. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.