Fresh term for Turkey's Erdogan 'on our agenda'

14/1/2025 7:18

Paving the way for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to run for a fourth term in office is "on our agenda", the spokesman for the president's ruling party said on Monday, adding that the important factor was whether the people wanted it.



Erdogan, modern Turkey's longest-serving leader, has been in power for more than two decades, first as a premier and later as president. Under Turkey's presidential term limits he is in his final term of office unless there is a constitutional amendment or parliament calls an early election.



He was first elected president in 2014 under a parliamentary system, and was later re-elected in 2018 and 2023 following some constitutional amendments by his ruling AK Party (AKP) and their nationalist MHP allies to impose an executive presidency.