I am disappointed that, in a country that for the last 10 years has been ruled by former Islamists who suffered at the hands of the anti-democratic Kemalists, we still discuss and debates press freedoms and freedom of expression.

There are three scenarios for the new constitution. In scenario A, the Constitutional Reconciliation Commission will reach an agreement and the new constitution will be result of this agreement.In scenario B, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) will agree on a draft constitution. And in scenario C, the AK Party will take a constitution it will prepare with the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) to referendum. Which of the scenarios will happen? Recent developments suggest that it is almost impossible for the first scenario to come true.

The parliamentary Charter Reconciliation Commission has decided to make a change in a bylaw to allow female deputies to wear pants in Parliament. Parliamentary bylaws currently prohibit female deputies from wearing pants, while male deputies have to wear ties. During a meeting of the parliamentary commission under the chairmanship of Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Oguz Oyan on Wednesday, 10 deputies delivered speeches on the necessity of changing the bylaw to allow female deputies to wear pants. At the end of the meeting, the commission decided to change bylaw No.

At a think tank meeting on March 31, Aziz Babuscu, chairman of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Istanbul branch, told the audience the following: “Those who have become stakeholders during our 10-year rule will not be allowed to remain so during our next decade. During the past 10 years there were stakeholders for the ‘liquidation' and ‘redefinition' process on the basis of the discourse we carried out on freedom, law and justice. For instance, liberal groups have been such stakeholders in one way or another, despite the fact that they have not been able to ‘absorb' (i.e.