Egypt to benefit from Turkish constitution to rewrite its own

CAIRO (A.A) - July 6, 2011 - Turkish constitution has been translated into Arabic as part of studies on changes to Egyptian constitution.
A committee of Egypt's Culture Ministry, consisting of legal experts, linguists and academics, translated Turkish constitution adopted in 1980 and amended by a referendum last year.
The ministry organized a symposium in Cairo to introduce the translated version of Turkish constitution to legal experts, academics, opinion leaders and the media in the country. The symposium was attended by Turkish Ambassador to Egypt Huseyin Avni Botsali, Egypt's first female judge Tahani Al Gebali, several political analysts and journalists.
Many speakers of the symposium highlighted Turkey's experience on secularism and underscored that Turkish democracy was a model for coexistence of Islam and modernity.