ocr: As per the 1982 constitution, Turkey is a multiparty republic with a: national assembly elected every five years. The president serves a. seven-year term and appoints the prime minister. Main Political Issues Islamic fundamentalism In the municipal elections of1994, the Islamic fundamentalist RP took 18% of the vote. The backers of the RP are mostly the poor of" Turkey's urban slums. However, the RP's: rise represents a growing challenge from below to the Westernizing secularist path that Turkey has been following since Ataturk's rule. Whether the fundamentalists can be contained within the de ...
