CM congratulates Erdogan on referendum success

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In an address to legislators from his ruling party on Tuesday, Binali Yildirim said the people had voted to switch from a parliamentary to a presidential system, adding: the "opposition should not speak after the people have spoken".

News of the call comes as opposition groups in Turkey have contested the results of the referendum.

Germany and France were among European Union member states who said on Monday that the close result in the referendum showed the division in Turkish society, while others questioned Europe's relations with the country. "Erdogan has ruled with a narrow victory before".

Unofficial results have shown a narrow win for Erdogan, who had backed the "yes" side.

"We'll probably continue to see what we've been seeing for the past few months, a pretty anti-EU narrative, he's not going to change this".

Erdogan repeated in his speech that he would approve the death penalty if a bill was submitted to him, adding there could be a referendum on capital punishment as well if necessary.

A primary opposition complaint is that, as voting was underway, Turkey's election board chose to accept ballots that were not stamped with an official seal, in contravention of the law.

In response, Turkey's Foreign Ministry labelled the comments "prejudiced" and "unacceptable". Official results are due to be announced in the next 12 days.

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"We look forward to OSCE/ODIHR's final report, which we understand will take several weeks".

Kempf said Tuesday that Turkey "needs a strong business partner in Europe that supports the further economic development of the country".

He vowed Turkey's recent incursion into northern Syria would not be its last such venture in the region, saying it would carry out as many military operations as necessary, wherever necessary, in its fight against terrorism.

Kaboglu believes Turkey will enter a period of constitutional chaos after Erdogan is reelected as head of the AKP considering that the president is required to be impartial under the constitution.

Opponents to the referendum fear the constitution changes will allow Erdogan more sway in an already troubled country. "They can either [disagree with] the OSCE findings, or they can say the truth: It was not a free and fair election".

HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations yesterday to Erdogan, expressing his best wishes for Turkey after the success of the constitutional referendum, hoping as well for more developmental progress and prosperity for the country. This is despite protests against the Turkish leader, who has won sweeping powers through the referendum. The Turkish lira and the country's main stock exchange rose.

"The ones who voted "no" are the bulk of the pro-Western and pro-secular crowd in Turkey", Erdemir said.

"The tight referendum result shows how deeply divided Turkish society is, and that means a big responsibility for the Turkish leadership and for President Erdogan personally", said Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel in a joint statement. Previously, he'd promised to "revisit" the European relationship once the referendum was out of the way.

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