New constitution for Turkey "an inevitable necessity" - top judge

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a Peace Summit ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, in Istanbul April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey needs a new constitution and all parties involved in drawing it up need to reconsider their demands and reach consensus, the newly-elected president of the constitutional court said on Monday. "At the level of economic and political development that our country has reached, a new constitution emerges as an inevitable necessity," said Zuhtu Arslan, addressing court members as well as President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. (Reporting by Gulsen Solaker, Writing by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Nick Tattersall)