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In 1980 there was a military coup and constitution re-written by the junta. Later junta removed itself, elections took place and a civilian government formed again. However to change constitution parliament should pass the new constitution with %80 of the votes or they can take it to referendum for individual clauses. Meaning it is very hard to change the constitution with the current constitutionI think you need to limit the term just like US/Indonesia and some other democracy do.
As for Erdogan's AKP, their party constitution says that they can't serve more than 3 terms. Erdogan did 3 terms as prime minister than switched to being president saying it is not against party constitution. Parliamenters who did 3 terms didn't nominated themselves for the 4th term but they renewed elections after 2 months and got elected again saying it is not against party constitution.
Well, think of this. Ottoman Empire was living for 6 centuries. Sultan was not only sultan but also was a caliph. Ottomans had the Caliphate since centuries. Ataturk ended this over a night, abolished sultanate and caliphate at the same time. He needed an adhesive. Nationalism was the only instrument available to him for the new republic. There was no better option.I agree with all of this but his aggressive Turkification (especially on Kurds) seems to be the historical focal point that fueled for Kurdish insurgency in later decades.