‘Yes’ stay forward in Turkey’s referendum
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan casts his list during a polling hire during a referendum in Istanbul, Turkey, Apr 16, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Votes for inherent change to palm President Tayyip Erdogan unconditional powers hold a slight lead with roughly all list boxes non-stop on Sunday, though Turkey’s 3 largest cities and a especially Kurdish southeast looked set to opinion “No”.
The “Yes” votes stood during 51.7 per cent after 95 per cent of ballots had been opened, state-run Anadolu news group said, with a lead squeezing in a final stages of an increasingly parsimonious count.
A “Yes” opinion would reinstate Turkey’s parliamentary democracy with an almighty presidency and might see Erdogan in bureau until during slightest 2029, in a many radical change to a country’s domestic complement in a complicated history.
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The outcome will also figure Turkey’s stretched family with a European Union. The Nato member state has tempered a upsurge of migrants – especially refugees from wars in Syria and Iraq – into a confederation though Erdogan says he might examination a understanding after a vote.
In Turkey’s 3 biggest cities – Istanbul, Izmir and a collateral Ankara – a “No” stay seemed set to overcome narrowly, according to Turkish radio stations.
Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak pronounced that a “Yes” stay had not won as many votes as expected, though was still forward nationwide.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1385401/yes-camp-ahead-turkeys-referendum/