The Constitutional Court will discuss today whether to accept an appeal from the main opposition party, CHP (Republican's People Party) for the annulment of the government’s constitutional amendment package in terms of its content.

The package is scheduled for a referendum on Sept. 12.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) last month passed a package to amend the existing Constitution, which was drafted under a state of martial law following a 1980 military coup. The package was accepted by Parliament after two rounds of voting on each of its articles. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) appealed the package shortly after it was approved by the president and is seeking annulment of the changes both in content and on procedural grounds, despite the prevailing opinion amongst legal experts that the court can only review the package on procedural grounds.

The BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) yesterday confirmed that it is going to call for a boycott of the referendum.