l administrations." Some even speculate that this would position the AKP to take over the Diyarbakir municipality from the BDP, the Kurdish party. Cemil Cicek, the spokesman of parliament and one of the deputy chairmen of the AKP, warns of the challenge, in his mind, of the direct election of both the pre

nd up in a position of having to check Erdogan's once he becomes president, now that Erdogan has indicated his intention to be a strong president. Cemil Cicek, who is the speaker of parliament and a prominent AKP figure, pointed recently to the clash of authority that will emerge in the event that Turkey