Fatma Bülbül
January 07, 2016•Update: January 07, 2016
ISTANBUL
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Thursday's newspapers mainly covered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks on a proposed presidential system during an address to local officials in Ankara.
"Nation decides on presidential system" was STAR’s front-page headline.
According to the daily, Erdogan said that Turkey needs to decide on the issue quickly.
The adoption of a presidential system to replace the parliamentary model that has existed in Turkey since 1923 was an issue highlighted in last year’s two general elections.
Supported by his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan has repeatedly expressed his wish to change to a presidential system.
The president, elected in August 2014 having previously served three terms as prime minister, said Turkey had never been so close to major political reform.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is currently in talks with opposition parties over the drafting of a new constitution to replace the charter introduced by military rulers in 1982.
MILLIYET covered another topic raised in Erdogan’s speech with the headline: "It's not bearable anymore".
According to the daily, Erdogan said that defending terror organizations was not politics.
SABAH's headline read: "These lawmakers should pay the price".
Erdogan said that both the Turkish parliament and judiciary should take action against those who act as if they are members of a terrorist organization, according to the daily.
In international news, "Kim throws a stone into to the hole" was CUMHURİYET's headline on a report about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
The newspaper said North Korea's announcement that it tested a hydrogen bomb successfully drew an international reaction.
On Wednesday, Pyongyang’s state-run KCNA made a noon announcement that was also broadcast in South Korea, stating that the historic test had been carried out at 10 a.m. local time (0100GMT) under the orders of leader Kim Jong-un -- who last month warned for the first time that his country was "ready to detonate a self-reliant H-bomb”.
YENI SAFAK ran the headline: "Hydrogen earthquake".
According to the daily, a 5.1-magnitude tremor was recorded in the same region as the North's Punggye-ri test site.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting after the incident and condemned North Korea, the daily added.
"North Korea tests hydrogen bomb, United Nations holds emergency meeting," was financial paper DUNYA's headline.
The United Nations, Russia, China and UN countries condemned North Korea's action, the newspaper added.
VATAN covered the dramatic story of how Turkish forces seized a Bolivian-flagged drug ship in international waters, with the headline "Codename: Albatross".
Turkish security forces detained 10 foreign nationals aboard the vessel off the coast of Libya on Wednesday and seized 13 tons of illegal drugs, the daily said.
The newspaper added that the detained suspects and the vessel are on their way to Turkey.
AKSAM wrote: "Operation against poison vessel".
The Turkish Coast Guard located the ship on Jan. 3 and began pursuit with a plane and a vessel.
The operation was authorized by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry in cooperation with the Bolivian government and in line with UN treaties on drug trafficking.
In Ankara, the Interior Ministry said it was Turkey’s first security operation in international waters. Ministry officials also said the 13 tons of marijuana was the biggest amount of illegal narcotics seized in a single operation.
