Turkey takes to polls in referendum on constitution

  • 7 years ago
Millions of Turks were voting on April 16 on a controversial new draft constitution that would give sweeping new powers to the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Voters are being asked to endorse an 18-article reform package put forward by the ruling Justice and Development Party that would replace the current system of parliamentary democracy with a powerful executive presidency.

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