%0 Journal Article %T On the Relations Between the President and the Political Party %A M. Erkut Ayvaz %J - %D 2018 %X This paper will focus on one of Turkey¡¯s most debated topics based on the problem of its governmental system, namely the political party membership of the president. By this, firstly, Turkey¡¯s near past, during which the president has been a member of a political party, will be briefly addressed. Following this, a general framework regarding the three democratic systems of government will be drawn; parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems. In this sense, the president-party relations in those systems will be elaborated as well. Finally, two semi-presidential examples will be addressed due to the fact that the phenomenon of a president, who is a member of a political party, is most effective in a semi-presidential system ¨Cuntil detailed works on Turkey¡¯s current presidential system will be published %K Devlet Ba£¿kan£¿ %K Cumhurba£¿kan£¿ %K Siyas£¿ Parti £¿li£¿kisi %K Yar£¿ Ba£¿kanl£¿k %K Ba£¿kanl£¿k %K Ba£¿kanla£¿ma %U http://dergipark.org.tr/liberal/issue/43421/529617