Friday's coup d'état in Turkey is another phase in the process of taking full power by president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, along with the increase in authoritarian tendencies, the level of political Islamization of Turkey is besides increasing, as the 2 institutions that warrant the state's secularism – the army and the Constitutional Court – yet lose their position. The European Commission and the Venice Commission, which gave president Erdoğan the green light to amend the constitution, are jointly liable for their weakening, says Dr.
