Erdogan pushes for new charter to create executive presidency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Wednesday for a new constitution that would give him greater powers, despite opposition fears it could lead to authoritarian rule. Erdogan also vowed there would be no let-up in the military campaign against Kurdish rebels, one of the key security challenges for his new administration after a wave of tit-for-tat violence left a truce in tatters. The strongman of Turkish politics for more than a decade, Erdogan has long been pushing for a new constitu