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<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">After the opposition parties deadlocked the 2007 presidential election by boycotting the parliament, the ruling AKP proposed a constitutional reform package. The reform package was first vetoed by president Sezer. Then he applied to the Turkish constitutional court about the reform package, because the president is unable to veto amendments for the second time. The Turkish constituonal court did not find any problems in the packet and 68.95% of the voters supported the constitutional changes.</span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> The reforms consisted of: electing the president by popular vote instead of by parliament, reducing the presidential term from seven years to five, allowing the president to stand for re-election for a second term, holding general elections every four years instead of five and reducing the quorum of lawmakers needed for parliamentary decisions from 367 to 184.</span>
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">After the opposition parties deadlocked the 2007 presidential election by boycotting the parliament, the ruling AKP proposed a constitutional reform package. The reform package was first vetoed by president Sezer. Then he applied to the Turkish constitutional court about the reform package, because the president is unable to veto amendments for the second time. The Turkish constituonal court did not find any problems in the packet and 68.95% of the voters supported the constitutional changes.</span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> The reforms consisted of: electing the president by popular vote instead of by parliament, reducing the presidential term from seven years to five, allowing the president to stand for re-election for a second term, holding general elections every four years instead of five and reducing the quorum of lawmakers needed for parliamentary decisions from 367 to 184.</span>
==Honors and accolades==
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;line-height:22.4px;">See also: </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_honorary_doctorates_awarded_to_Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan List of honorary doctorates awarded to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]
[[File:Secretary_Kerry_Delivers_Remarks_in_Honor_of_Turkish_Prime_Minister_Erdoğan.jpg|thumb|U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, delivers remarks in honor of Erdoğan, 16 May 2013]]
===Awards===
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*<span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">29 January 2004: Profile of Courage Award from the </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jewish_Congress American Jewish Congress]<span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, for promoting peace between cultures.</span><span style="font-size:11.2px;line-height:11.2px;white-space:nowrap;"> </span>''Returned at the request of the A.J.C. in July 2014.''
*18 April 2004: listed in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine) Time]'' magazine's "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100 100 most influential people in the world]" and was called a builder of bridges by the magazine.
*<span style="line-height:22.4px;">13 June 2004: Golden Plate award from the </span>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement Academy of Achievement]<span style="line-height:22.4px;"> during the conference in Chicago.</span>
*3 October 2004: German [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_(award) Quadriga prize] for improving relationships between different cultures.
*1 December 2004: named [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_of_the_Year_(European_Voice_award) European of the Year] by the weekly ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Voice European Voice]'', for having put Turkey on the path to reform.
*2 September 2005: Mediterranean Award for Institutions ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language Italian]: ''Premio Mediterraneo Istituzioni''). This was awarded by the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
*1 June 2006: Russian state medal from the President of the Russian Federation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Vladimir Putin].
*8 August 2006: Caspian Energy Integration Award from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan_pipeline Caspian Integration Business Club].
*1 November 2006: Outstanding Service award from the Turkish humanitarian organization [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Red_Crescent Red Crescent].
*2 February 2007: Dialogue Between Cultures Award from the President of Tatarstan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev Mintimer Shaimiev].
*12 March 2007: together with Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero, the 2007 RUMI Peace and Dialogue award.
*15 April 2007: Crystal Hermes Award from the German Chancellor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel Angela Merkel] at the opening of the Hannover Industrial Fair.
*11 July 2007: highest award of the UN [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization Food and Agriculture Organization], the Agricola Medal, in recognition of his contribution to agricultural and social development in Turkey.
*15 January 2008: together with Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero, the Building Bridges Award from the AMSS(UK), for their efforts to unify communities separated by race, culture and religion, for promoting a climate of respect, and peaceful co-existence through launching the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Civilizations Alliance of Civilizations] project.
*11 May 2009: Avicenna award from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna Avicenna] Foundation in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt Frankfurt], Germany.
*9 June 2009: guest of honor at the 20th Crans Montana Forum in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels Brussels] and received the Prix de la Fondation, for democracy and freedom.
*25 June 2009: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_to_the_City Key to the City] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirana Tirana] on the occasion of his state visit to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania Albania].
*26 October 2009: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishan-e-Pakistan Nishan-e-Pakistan], the highest civilian award in Pakistan.
*29 December 2009: Award for Contribution to World Peace from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgut_%C3%96zal Turgut Özal Thought and Move Association].
*12 January 2010: King Faisal International Prize for "service to Islam" from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Faisal_Foundation King Faisal Foundation].
*23 February 2010: Nodo Culture Award from the mayor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville Seville] for his efforts to launch the Alliance of Civilizations initiative.
*1 March 2010: United Nations–[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Settlements_Programme HABITAT] award in memorial of Rafik Hariri. A seven-member international jury unanimously found Erdoğan deserving of the award because of his "excellent achievement and commendable conduct in the area of leadership, statesmanship and good governance. Erdoğan also initiated the first roundtable of mayors during the Istanbul conference, which led to a global, organized movement of mayors."
*29 April 2010: listed for the second time in ''Time'' magazine's "100 most influential people in the world".
*17 May 2010: Georgia's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Georgia Order of Golden Fleece] for his contribution to development of bilateral relations.
*27 May 2010: medal of honor from the Brazilian Federation of Industry for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state) State of São Paulo] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_das_Ind%C3%BAstrias_do_Estado_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo FIESP]) for his contributions to industry
*31 May 2010: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization World Health Organization] 2010 World No Tobacco Award for "his dedicated leadership on tobacco control in Turkey."
*29 June 2010: 2010 World Family Award from the World Family Organization which operates under the umbrella of the United Nations.
*4 November 2010: Golden Medal of Independence, an award conferred upon Kosovo citizens and foreigners that have contributed to the independence of Kosovo.
*25 November 2010: "Leader of the Year" award presented by the Union of Arab Banks in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon Lebanon].
*29 November 2010: guest of honor at the 3rd [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU-Africa_Summit EU-Africa Summit] in Libya and recipient of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Gaddafi_International_Prize_for_Human_Rights Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights].
*11 January 2011: "Outstanding Personality in the Islamic World Award" of the Sheikh Fahad al-Ahmad International Award for Charity in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait Kuwait].
*2 February 2011: Kyrgyzstan's Danaker Order in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishkek Bishkek].
*25 October 2011: Palestinian International Award for Excellence and Creativity (PIA) 2011 for his support to the Palestinian people and cause.
*21 January 2012: 'Gold Statue 2012 Special Award' by the Polish Business Center Club (BCC). Erdoğan was awarded for his systematic effort to clear barriers on the way to economic growth, striving to build democracy and free market relations.
==Sources==
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