"Turska je uvijek bila autoritarna zemlja," izjavio je on, upirući na ovlasti koje su državi date ustavom, koga su izradili vojni oficiri nakon državnog udara 1980. godine, i kojeg je AKP obećala zamijeniti novim.
"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.