31 December 2015•Update: 31 December 2015
ISTANBUL
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Thursday's newspapers mainly covered the agreement between the Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over the change of the country’s constitution.
"Coup constitution will vanish" was SABAH's headline.
According to the daily, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu Wednesday to discuss the new constitution, a meeting that lasted over two hours.
The two leaders agreed on getting rid of the Sept. 12 constitution [of the 1982 coup] but the CHP remained steadfast in its support of the parliamentary system, the daily added.
The current constitution was drafted in 1982 following a military takeover and has undergone several amendments since.
With a new constitution, AK Party aims to replace the current parliamentary system with a presidential system.
The eventuality of a new constitution was widely debated in the June general election. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had made an executive presidential system a major issue, but AK Party had not won a majority to form a government or to adopt a constitutional change.
"September 12 agreement" was HURRIYET's front–page headline.
The daily reported that the two leaders still differed over the establishment of a presidential system.
CUMHURIYET's headline read "September 12 traces will be removed".
The two leaders will continue to discuss over presidential system as CHP supports parliamentary system, the newspaper reported.
Turkish papers also covered the Erdogan's Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
Umrah is considered as a minor pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, where the Prophet Mohammed was born. It can be performed by Muslims at any time of the year and is not compulsory.
MILLIYET ran with the headline "Erdogan made Umrah”.
The newspaper said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan performed Umrah on his last day of visit in Saudi Arabia.
Upon the order of the Saudi King Salman, the doors of the Kaaba - Islam's most sacred monument - were opened for Erdogan, the daily added.
During his two-day visit Erdogan met King Salman for talks focused on the civil war in Syria and energy cooperation. The president is due to return to Turkey on Thursday afternoon.
YENI SAFAK also ran with the headline "Opened [Kabaa's doors] for Erdogan".
Erdogan made Umrah during his visit and headed to Medina to visit the tomb of Prophet Muhammad, the daily reported.
The dailies also covered the suicide bomb plot that allegedly was to be carried out in the capital Ankara.
AKSAM's headline read "Two targets in Ankara".
Two suspects were arrested over an alleged suicide bomb plot in Ankara by Turkish police on New Year's Eve, the daily said.
According to the newspaper, police identified the two suspects to be members of Daesh.
Ankara was targeted by twin suicide bombings on Oct. 10, when 103 people were killed in an attack on protesters gathering outside the city’s main train station for a peace rally.
The attack, which also left hundreds wounded, was the deadliest in modern Turkish history and has been attributed to Daesh.
STAR covered the story with the headline "New Year's bombers".
The daily said Ankara police arrested two Daesh members and the suspects were targeting two locations near the central Kizilay neighborhood.
