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The Turkish President will not be a member of the legislature and there will be a formal separation of legislative and executive powers. However this separation is illusory. The President will have the power to appoint and dismiss ministers, choosing some of them from among members of the legislature (Article 106 § 4). This will give him or her an effective source of patronage over the legislature. This creates a danger of the President taking control of the legislative agenda. It might also be remembered that the legislature will have no power to approve or veto appointments, again in sharp contrast to the U.S. system. This significantly undermines the legislature’s control over the executive.