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Turkish PM calls for new constitution after election victory

Turkish PM calls for new constitution after election victory
Turkish PM calls for new constitution after election victory
"Let's work together towards a Turkey where conflict, tension and polarisation are non-existent and everyone salutes each other in peace."
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Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Turkey's political parties to come together and agree a new constitution after his ruling AK Party regained its parliamentary majority at a general election on Sunday.

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"I'm calling on all parties entering parliament to form a new civilian national constitution," he said in a balcony speech to thousands of AKP supporters at the party headquarters in Ankara, as fireworks lit the sky.

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