Amandmani su usvojeni dok vlada Partije pravde i razvoja (AKP) traga za rješenjem za nemire na jugoistoku, nakon što je PKK u junu otkazala 14-mjesečni prekid vatre i obnovila 26-godišnju pobunu u kojoj je do sad bilo 40.000 mrtvih.
The amendments were passed as the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government searches for a solution to unrest in the southeast after the PKK cancelled a 14-month ceasefire in June and resumed a 26-year insurgency that has so far left 40,000 dead.