Mr Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party are supported by over half of all Turks, according to recent polls.
In a resounding victory for Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), voters approved the 26 amendments by a wide margin Sunday.
Erdogan spoke after the new government, controlled by his ruling Justice and Development Party, won an expected vote of confidence in parliament Sunday.
Elections to the lower house took place on 25 November 2011, with moderate Islamists from the Justice and Development Party (PJD) emerging as the winners.
It staged three coups between 1960 and 1980 and has a history of tension with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Say has been a vocal critic of the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party, which has governed Turkey since it first won parliamentary elections more than a decade ago.
Conventional wisdom says that he was acting under pressure from conservatives in his Justice and Development party, who are disgruntled by his failure to deliver on other issues.
Turkey's highest court decided not to impose a ban on the governing Justice and Development Party, which was facing charges of steering the secular nation towards Islamic rule.
When Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development party swept to power last November, Western governments were delighted to see the end of a government that had been plagued by indecision and incompetence.
It is one that lies at the root of the rise to power of Mr. Erdogan, who has combined social conservatism with fiscally cautious economic policies to make his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P.
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The rise to power of Turkey has coincided with that of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has combined social conservatism with fiscally cautious economic policies to make his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P.
Turkey's falling out with Israel has sparked a flurry of anguished commentary in the West about its supposed eastward drift under the mildly Islamist Justice and Development party, which has governed the country since 2002.
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His Justice and Development Party, or AKP, also made a number of overtures toward the Kurds, relaxing bans on Kurdish language education, appearing to apologize for past discriminatory policies and launching a state Kurdish-language TV station.
Reflecting the mild, modernist Islamism of the Justice and Development party, known by its Turkish initials AK, which has ruled Turkey since 2002, the new policy seeks to use the soft power of trade, along with historical links, to project stability beyond Turkey's frontiers.
"The decision seems to be designed to set a precedent and give a strong signal to the armed forces that the days of meddling in politics are over, " wrote Suat Kiniklioglu, a senior member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, in an e-mail to CNN.
Religious conservatives have become increasingly assertive since the ruling Justice and Development Party led by Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan swept to power in 2003 pledging to build an Islam-infused democracy and seeking to rehabilitate an Ottoman past long-discredited for decades during an iron-fisted secular rule.
After Erdogan's comment, Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag issued a statement indicating that he would be submitting a proposal to lawmakers in the upcoming month, raising fears that the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, was preparing to introduce legislation to curb, if not fully block, access to abortion.
That has largely gone since Mr Erdogan's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) Party shot to single-party rule in 2002.
Mr Erdogan's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party blames the PKK and what it considers to be its provocations for the collapse.
Turkey's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party is credited with making unprecedented reforms to protect women since it came to power in 2002.
Until last summer Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) party had been holding secret talks with the PKK in Oslo and with its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
Turkey has serious problems of its own, starting with a court case that threatens to outlaw the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party for threatening the country's secular order.
The mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party, which has governed Turkey since 2002, plans to deploy a new professional army along the border with Iraq, where the PKK has havens.
An example is Turkey, which was bound closely to America when its generals were running the show, but which has become a more awkward ally since the rise of the moderately Islamist Justice and Development (AK) Party.
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When Turkey's prime minister visited the city last year, the local mayor, who belongs to Mr Erdogan's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party, sought to avoid his ire by ordering the removal of a public fountain featuring bare-breasted nymphs.
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Even with a massive majority, the Islamist party (known officially as the Party of Development and Justice and known universally by its initials in French, PGD) lacks a 50% majority to govern alone.
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