The main opposition party in Turkey, the Kemalist CHP, has asked the Supreme Electoral Commission (Ysk) to cancel the outcome of yesterday's referendum on presidentialism due to suspected irregularities in the vote, won narrowly (51,4%) by yes.
In fact, yesterday Turkey took one historic decision of change and transformation” that “everyone must respect, including the countries that are our allies”. The Turkish president said so Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in his first speech after the narrow victory (51,2%) of the 'yes' in the referendum on presidentialism. “Turkey made its decision with almost 25 million citizens voting yes, with almost 1,3 million rejecting. It's easy to defend the status quo, but much more difficult to change,” Erdogan said, thanking the leaders of the parties who backed the 'yes' referendum. “I want to thank each of our citizens who went to vote. It is the victory of the whole nation, including our fellow citizens living abroad. These results will start a new process for our country”, concluded the Turkish president. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to discuss with other political leaders the reintroduction of the death penalty in Turkey, which could be the subject of a new referendum. He said it while addressing the crowd after the narrow victory (51,2%) of the 'yes' in the referendum on presidentialism.
The head of the Turkish electoral commission, Sadi Goven, officially confirmed the victory of the 'yes' vote in the constitutional referendum which makes Recep Tayyp Erdogan a super-president. Guven's statement came shortly after the speech in which Erdogan declared himself the winner despite not having any official results. And to the leader of the major opposition party Keman Kilicdaroglu, who disputed the validity of ballots without the official stamp, Guven replied that the rules were respected.
