According to the current Constitution's 8th chapter, the president must be a Turkish citizen and must be born in Turkey.
However, Wednesday's AK Party proposal offered to change the article in the chapter to president must be "among Turkish citizens", lifting the condition of being born in Turkey. The approval was made during ongoing talks within the committee over proposed changes to the Turkish Constitution.
In addition, the draft constitution decreased the number of articles from 21 to 19 by removing the fifth article about the backup deputyship and postponement of elections; and the 15th article proposing to give all governmental institutions' establishments, assignments, authority and responsibilities to the president.
The resolution also offered to increase the number of Supreme Council of Judges and Public Prosecutors (HSYK) from 12 to 13 and to also include the justice minister and his undersecretary as members of the body.