Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in April 16 Turkish referendum which ended in a tight ‘Yes’ vote for greater presidential powers, Alev Korun, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission, told ORF radio on April 18.
Reuters: Observer says 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) casts his vote accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan (3rd R) and their grandchildren during the referendum on expanding the powers of the president at a polling station in the Uskudar district of Istanbul, on April 16, 2017.Erdogan said the tightly-contested referendum on expanding the powers of the head of state was a vote for the future of Turkey. The first polling stations opened in the tightly contested referendum on expanding the powers of the president, seen as a crossroads in the modern history of the country. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE
