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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 16 2017, 10:18 PM (166 Views) | |
| Webster | Apr 16 2017, 10:18 PM Post #1 |
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(The Guardian) Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Turkey’s landmark referendum. Voting is under way for the historic vote that will determine whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be allowed to enforce sweeping new powers. Erdoğan wants to replace the parliamentary system with an executive presidency – arguing that it will bring stability and modernise the country. But opponents fear it could lead to greater authoritarianism, a lack of parliamentary and judicial oversight and see Erdoğan remain in office until 2029. About 55 million people are eligible to vote across 167,000 polling stations, with the results expected to be announced later this evening. |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 01:51 AM Post #61 |
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![]() (The Guardian) Not wasting any time, Erdoğan says he will now discuss the issue of reinstating the death penalty with the prime minister and the leader of a nationalist opposition party. The president said he would consider calling a referendum on the issue if necessary. |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 01:54 AM Post #62 |
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--People banging pots and pans in protest of the result vs people chanting Erdogan's name. Two diverse views. How are they gonna unite? (Selin Girit, BBC News - 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 01:55 AM Post #63 |
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(The Guardian) Opposition leader's protest --The head of the main opposition party says the referendum has taken place in “unfair circumstances” and that those on the yes side have gone beyond legal limits. --He adds that the legitimacy of the referendum is open to debate, including legal argument, and that there cannot be consensus about the change to the constitution. |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 01:56 AM Post #64 |
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--Turkey's High Electoral Board chief says "'Yes' vote won the referendum; final results to be announced in 11-12 days" #TurkeyReferendum (TRT World, 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:08 AM Post #65 |
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--A massive protest on the street outside my apartment in Kadikoy right now. Far larger than any here during the Gezi 2013 demos. (Stephen Starr, Irish Times - 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:09 AM Post #66 |
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![]() --High Election Council Head Güven: We accepted those envelopes because it was not the fault of the voters. #turkeyreferendum (CNN Turk, 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:10 AM Post #67 |
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--BREAKING: The head of Turkey's elections board has confirmed the passage of a referendum expanding presidential powers. (Associated Press - 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:11 AM Post #68 |
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![]() (The Guardian) Electoral board chief says yes has won --Unofficial results show that Turks have approved changes to their constitution, handing President Erdoğan sweeping new powers in Sunday’s referendum, the head of the country’s high electoral board (YSK) has said. The yes campaign won 1.25 million more votes than the no campaign and with only about 600,000 votes still to be counted that meant the changes had been approved, YSK chairman Sadi Güven told a news conference in Ankara. He said the YSK had decided to consider unstamped ballots as valid unless they were proved to be fraudulent, after a high number of complaints – including one from the ruling AK Party – that its officials had failed to stamp some ballot papers. The no campaign said the last-minute decision raises questions about the validity of the vote. But Güven said the decision was taken before results were entered into the system, and that members of the AKP and the main opposition were present at almost all polling stations and signed off on reports. Güven said official results were expected in 11 or 12 days. |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:12 AM Post #69 |
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![]() --#TurkeyReferendum: Some 47.5 million voters cast their ballots - 51.37% of whom voted in favour of the constitution changes. #TurkeysChoice (TRT World - 16 April 2017) |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:13 AM Post #70 |
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(The Guardian) Turkey should seek the “broadest possible national consensus” in its constitutional amendments given the narrow win for the yes campaign, the European Commission has said. Unofficial results showed that 51.3% of Turks approved changes to their constitution in the referendum, handing President Erdoğan sweeping new powers. “In view of the close referendum result and the far-reaching implications of the constitutional amendments, we also call on the Turkish authorities to seek the broadest possible national consensus in their implementation,” the commission said. |
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| Webster | Apr 17 2017, 02:14 AM Post #71 |
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(The Guardian) Summary of Events --Unofficial results show Turkish voters have handed President Erdoğan sweeping new powers. --The yes campaign won 1.25 million more votes than the no campaign, with about 600,000 votes still to be counted. --The yes vote had about 51.3% compared with 48.7% for the no vote, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Turnout exceeded 80%. --The three largest cities – Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir – voted against the changes. --The main opposition Republican People’s party (CHP) plans to challenge more than a third of the ballot boxes and accused Anadolu of publishing inaccurate results. |
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