Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the military coups is a crime against humanity.

This came in a video message published by Erdogan on his Twitter account on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the February 28, 1997 coup that ended the coalition government headed by his mentor, Necmettin Erbakan, who has an Islamic orientation.

"The coup is a crime against humanity. I lived the February 28 coup, and I am well aware," Erdogan said in his message.

He added, "I was the mayor of Istanbul during the February 28 coup, and I went to prison without legal justification because I read verses of poetry, and they wanted to end my political career."

He said, "Today I assume the presidency of the Turkish Republic as the first president elected by the people (directly), and despite all the obstacles, I serve my nation with pride and pride."

The 'postmodern coup'

Turkey commemorates on February 28 of each year the anniversary of the 1997 coup, as the Turkish National Security Council leadership held a meeting on that date that paved the way for the beginning of what has come to be referred to in Turkish political history as the "postmodern coup."

The coalition government - which was established on June 28, 1996 and headed by the late Necmettin Erbakan - faced accusations of "posing a threat to the regime and supporting reaction", shortly after assuming its duties, as Erbakan was forced to resign afterwards.

On Saturday, Erdogan published a picture of former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, through his accounts on social media, calling for mercy on the tenth anniversary of his death.

An old photo showing the late Necmettin Erbakan (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish Press)

Erdogan wrote on Twitter, "On the tenth anniversary of the death of our professor, Professor Necmettin Erbakan, we have mercy on a statesman, politician and science who spent his life in struggle, learning, teaching and service, and opening new horizons for the country."

Erbakan died on 27 February 2011, a Turkish engineer and politician who held the leadership of the Welfare Party and served as prime minister of the country between 1996 and 1997.

The new constitution

On the other hand, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin revealed a major goal of the new constitution that President Erdogan announced recently.

In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Kalin said that Turkey deserves a better constitution for all citizens, which would be a beacon that would eliminate all attempts to intervene undemocratic in political life, especially military coups.

They said: The new constitution, which will be discussed in Parliament, is an impenetrable barrier to military coups (Anatolia).

And recently, President Erdoan announced that the time has come to study a new constitution for Turkey, and after that, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahceli, supported the move, stressing Turkey's need for a new constitution, while some opposition parties expressed reservations about the matter.

Kalin pointed to the importance of the new constitution, which will be discussed in Parliament, as an impenetrable barrier to traditional military coups or "postmodern coups" and other attempts to interfere in political life through undemocratic means.

In this context, a spokesman for the Turkish presidency said that the new constitution should be a source of pride for all citizens, and be in harmony with the spirit of the 21st century.

"When this (the constitution) is achieved, then it will be possible to eliminate problems such as traditional coups," postmodern "coups, or other types of interference that affect political life, stop the wheel of democracy, freeze the nation's will, distort the reputation of civil politics, and push towards the erosion of institutions, he said. Let's write such a constitution so that we can build democracy again. "