Turkey declares feat in referendum on expanding Erdogan powers
Supporters of Turkey’s boss applaud during a convene nearby a domicile of a regressive Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Apr 16, 2017 in Ankara. PHOTO: AFP
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Sunday announced feat for a ‘Yes’ stay in a referendum on expanding a powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, observant a nation had non-stop a “new page” in a democracy.
“The presidential system, according to unaccepted results, has been reliable with a ‘Yes’ vote,” Yildirim told supporters from a patio of a domicile of a Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara.
“This is a preference done by a people. In a democracy’s history, a new page has opened,” he added.
Tense Turkey votes in break referendum on Erdogan powers
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.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan casts his list during a polling hire during a referendum in Istanbul, Turkey, Apr 16, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
The outcome would 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.
‘Undeniably successful achievement’
The personality of Turkey’s jingoist MHP antithesis celebration pronounced on Sunday that a outcome of a referendum on boosting a powers of President Erdogan was an “undeniably successful achievement” and should be respected.
Devlet Bahceli, who upheld a “yes” debate in a Sunday’s vote.
Opposition to direct opinion recount
The country’s categorical antithesis will direct a relate of adult to 60% of votes expel in a referendum, celebration emissary authority Erdal Aksunger pronounced on Sunday.
The Republican People’s Party (CHP) progressing pronounced that “illegal acts” were being carried out in preference of a supervision in a referendum.
Turkey’s High Electoral Board pronounced it would count ballots that had not been hammered by a officials as current unless they could be valid fraudulent, citing a high series of complaints that a officials during polling stations had unsuccessful to stamp them.
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