Surveying the regional scene, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has conceived of an audacious plan to enhance Turkey’s regional standing and extend his own political dominance at home. Facing the end of a self-imposed three-term limit as prime minister, he is intent on changing the Turkish constitution to introduce a presidential system – with himself on top as the first incumbent to wield much-enlarged power.
土耳其总理埃尔多安在论述地区现状时提出了一个大胆的计划，欲强化土耳其的地区地位并扩大其在国内的政治主导力。埃尔多安即将面临他自己制定的三个总理任期时限，他想修改土耳其宪法，引入总统制——由他自己领导第一任内阁，获得远比现在更大的权力。