Muhammadu Buhari President congratulates Turkey on successful referendum

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"Poland acknowledges the results of Turkey's referendum on 16 April 2017 and awaits their official confirmation", the ministry said in a statement.

The Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday that the High Electoral Board voted 10-1 against the decision.

The U.S. president's phone call contrasts with concern by European leaders who have pointed out how the result - 51.4% in favour of the changes has exposed deep splits in Turkish society.

The Turkish leader stepped up his vitriol against European critics on Monday, telling a crowd of supporters, "We don't care about the opinions of "Hans" or "George" or Helga."' All debates about the constitutional referendum "are now over", he said.

"It is clear that invalidating the votes of the citizens who exercised their constitutional rights [on Sunday's referendum] will damage the voters' right to participate in the electoral process", the YSK said in a statement on its website.

It serves to drastically consolidate power in the executive branch, eliminating the existing parliamentary system for a presidential model that would have him serve as both head of state and of the government.

But prime minister Binali Yildirim called on the opposition to respect the result.

On Tuesday, Yildirim said Erdogan would be invited to join the party as soon as the official results are declared.

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The team responded Wednesday evening on Twitter , arguing that the images don't tell the whole story: "These photos lack context". Wide receiver Danny Amendola also skipped the visit, thanking Trump " for the shout out " and saying he had a funeral to attend.

The call came after the State Department took a different, tougher tack that appeared to show qualms about the legitimacy of the vote.

The leader of Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, slammed on Tuesday the decision of Supreme Election Board to count unsealed ballots in the referendum.

He also said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, would would be invited to rejoin the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as soon as the official result was announced.

"This referendum will forever remain controversial", he told reporters.

Global observers had said the decision to count the ballots "contradicted the law" and removed a safeguard against fraud. "The will of the people was freely reflected into the ballot boxes, and this business is over". ". If your ballots are unsafe, that means that regime is not a democracy".

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said a critical report by European observers on the referendum contained several mistakes, which he believed were deliberate.

Protests broke out on Monday evening in numerous cities across Turkey, as representatives from the European human rights organisation's observer mission warned that Sunday's referendum did not live up to standards set by the Council of Europe, citing an inadequate legal framework and late changes in ballot counting.

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