A top member of Turkey's ruling AK party (AKP) has called for taking secularism out of the new constitution, arguing it is a Muslim country.
Parliamentary speaker Ismail Kahraman, who is overseeing work on the draft charter, said Turkey should have a religious constitution.
But the head of the constitutional commission said the AKP had not discussed removing secular values.
Critics fear the modern state's secular foundations are being eroded.
Opposition parties also fear the new constitution could concentrate too much power in the hands of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who wants an executive presidency to replace the current parliamentary system.
Turkey is a Nato member and aspires to join the EU, which has traditionally regarded the country as a model of secular democracy in the Islamic world.
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