ISTANBUL, 14 February 2022, (TON): The leaders of six opposition parties in Turkey have met to strategize about the future of the country’s governing system, a move that aims to unseat the country’s longtime ruler.

In a statement following the dinner Saturday night, the party leaders said “Turkey was experiencing the deepest political and economic crisis of its history and blamed it on the executive presidential system. They said their joint goal was to transform Turkey’s governance to a “strengthened parliamentary system.”

They did not mention President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by name, but their clear aim is to find a way to work together to unseat him.

After more than 11 years as Turkey’s prime minister, Erdogan was elected president in 2014. At the time, the position was primarily ceremonial. But in 2017, Turkish voters approved an executive presidential system, greatly expanding Erdogan’s powers at the expense of those of the prime minister and parliament.”

Erdogan was re-elected the following year. Critics call the system one-man rule.