President Tayyip
Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping
powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but
opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would
challenge its result.(...)
Erdogan said 25 million people had supported the
proposal, which will replace Turkey's parliamentary system with an
all-powerful presidency and abolish the office of prime minister, giving
the "Yes" camp 51.5 percent of the vote. (...)Under the changes, most of which will only come into effect after the next elections due in 2019, the president will appoint the cabinet and an undefined number of vice-presidents, and be able to select and remove senior civil servants without parliamentary approval.
There has been some speculation that Erdogan could call new elections so that his new powers could take effect right away. However, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek told Reuters there was no such plan, and the elections would still be held in 2019. (...)
The head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said the legitimacy of the referendum was open to question. His party said it would demand a recount of up to 60 percent of the votes.(...)
Reuters
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