Constitutional amendments accepted in Turkish referendum

The head of the Turkish electoral board said the "Yes" vote won.

Erdogan told supporters on Sunday that Turkey could hold another referendum on reinstating the death penalty.

In Turkey, the government has declared victory in a referendum to change the constitution in ways that would give sweeping new powers to the president. "The results did not yield a meaningful "Yes", Abdulkadir Selvi, a pro-government columnist wrote in the Hurriyet newspaper.

His opponents say the changes will lead to one-man rule and possibly a dictatorship.

Opinion polls have shown a narrow lead for a "Yes" vote, which would replace Turkey's parliamentary democracy with an all-powerful presidency and may see Erdogan in office until at least 2029.

"We need to make a decision that is beyond the ordinary", Erdogan said. It said the ballots would be considered invalid only if they could be proven to have been cast fraudulently.

Germany's comments were echoed in France, where President Francois Hollande said: "It's up to the Turks and them alone to decide on how they organise their political institutions, but the published results show that Turkish society is divided about the planned deep reforms".

What's it been like in the run-up to the referendum? .

The "no" campaign has reached its nationwide high point of 80 precent of the vote in Tunceli in the Sunday's referendum. Voters used an official stamp to select between "yes" and "no".

He has initiated a widespread crackdown on opposition, which intensified after last year's botched coup, for which he blamed US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The ruling party is also dissatisfied with the performance of the municipalities, the sources said, while adding that the July 15, 2016, coup attempt had a positive impact on the results.

The deputy leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Bulent Tezcan said "There is only one decision to ease the situation in the context of the law - the Supreme Election Board (YSK) should annul the election", according to the Dogan news agency. It comes after Turkey's Electoral board said it would allow ballots that had not been stamped by officials, unless they could be proved fraudulent, citing a number of complaints that officials had failed to stamp them. "We finally need some honesty in the relationship between the European Union and Turkey", said Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, adding the bloc should instead work on a "partnership agreement".

What has the reaction to Erdogan's win been like in Turkey so far? .

Thousands of people opposing the outcome gathered in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on Sunday night.

Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics since becoming prime minister in 2003, serving in that post until 2014 when he was elected president. "The one we had was too old and was getting moldy", Fidan said. "Both the ones who said "no" and the ones who said "yes" are one and are equally valuable". This referendum does not have any losers. "Turkey won, the beloved people won". "They have caused the referendum's legitimacy to be questioned", said CHP chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu. "The result will depend on how far the opposition will take their claim of irregularity in the voting, and what the global reaction will be".

The E.U.'s executive Commission responded to the unofficial results by appealing to the Turkish government to seek national consensus as the changes move ahead.

Erdogan and his supporters had argued the "Turkish-style" presidential system would bring stability and prosperity in a country rattled by a failed coup previous year that left more than 200 people dead, and a series of devastating attacks by the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.

They noted that they are awaiting a report from global election observers on the vote and alleged irregularities.