"Turkey was always authoritarian," he said, pointing to the power granted to the state by the constitution, which was drafted by army officers following a coup in 1980, and which the AK Party has pledged to replace.
Finkel, 1980 darbesi sonrasında ordu subayları tarafından hazırlanan ve AK Parti'nin değiştirme sözü verdiği anayasanın devlete verdiği güce işaret ederek, "Türkiye hep otoriterdi." diyor.