A woman walks past a giant poster bearing portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, ahead of the referendum on whether to change the current parliamentary system into an executive presidency.

Turks vote in referendum to give Erdogan more powers

On Apr 16, 2017

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The Turks have voted ,today Sunday, in a controversial constitutional referendum to give Rayyip Erdogan more powers.

Polling stations opened in Turkey’s east at 7:00 a.m. local time (0400GMT) on Sunday and will close at 5:00 p.m. local time (1400 GMT). Elsewhere in the country, the voting will begin an hour later.

Over 55.3 million Turks are eligible to vote in the referendum, over 1 million of them first-time voters. The results are expected late on Sunday.

The fresh constitutional changes would mean that Erdogan could stay in power for another two terms until 2029.