MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Sunday, Turkey held a referendum on the transition from a parliamentary to presidential system of governance. Preliminary results of the vote indicate a victory for supporters of the governance shift. The referendum was followed by a series of protests throughout the country, which have resulted in the detention of dozens of anti-referendum protesters.
Police stage raid on https://t.co/WRsHg5LN1z, detain Editor Ali Ergin Demirhan for ‘not legitimizing’ tainted vote https://t.co/CB8svUaYlc pic.twitter.com/AroZjYiaph
— Sendika News (@sendika_news) 20 апреля 2017 г.
On Tuesday, Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party spokesman told Sputnik that the party urged the country's Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) to cancel the results of the referendum, but on the following day the SEC rejected the party’s appeal.
On Wednesday, Ozturk Yilmaz, the Republican People's Party's (CHP) deputy chair responsible for foreign relations, told Sputnik that Turkey's opposition would continue seeking the annulment of the vote’s outcome by all democratic means necessary, regardless of the rejection of its appeal.
Turkish police are raiding the office of the news website @sendika_org: Editor Ali Ergin Demirhan (@ali_ergind) has been detained. pic.twitter.com/f7hytw5EIL
— Turkey Untold (@TurkeyUntold) 20 апреля 2017 г.
The final results of the referendum will be announced on April 27-28 after the consideration of all appeals.
