The word 'republic' has been removed from Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's official title.
While it was previously written as 'President of the Republic of Turkey', the most recent statement says 'President of Turkey'.
As Turkey's opposition newspaper Sözcü reported, while the word 'republic' has been removed, the title of 'Chair of AKP' has been added to Erdoğan's profiles on Twitter and Facebook, Birgun reports.
The change received reactions especially since it has been brought forth shortly after a highly disputed statement of a former AKP official on AKP's effort to 'establish a new state in Turkey'.