Turkey referendum: Supporters of 'No' campaign protest against poll violations
18 April 2017 1:46 PM IST
The results of the landmark referendum granted sweeping new powers to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The 'Yes' camp won 51.41 per cent in Monday's referendum, in a narrower than expected victory, according to complete results released by election authorities. Thousands of supporters of the 'No' campaign, in the referendum on granting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater powers took to the streets of Istanbul late on Monday citing voting irregularities. The placard reads in Turkish: 'No We Won'.- Police generally kept a low profile on the sidelines of the protest but warned against using offensive slogans.
- There has been anger among 'No' supporters over last minute changes to the voting procedures but the authorities insist the referendum was conducted cleanly.
- Smaller protests were also held in other Turkish cities and Turkish media reports said that 13 people were detained in a protest in the southern Mediterranean city of Antalya.
- In homes lining the route of the protest, people bashed pots and pans with kitchen utensils from the windows of their apartments to show solidarity.
- In Besiktas, protesters held pamphlets with the words \"We are right, we will win\". Others brandished viral hashtag slogans from the referendum night like \"The 'No' is not finished\" and “No has won\".
- At least 1,000 protesters thronged Besiktas on the European side of the city while on the Asian side around 2,000 demonstrators marched through Kadikoy, another staunchly secular and anti-Erdogan neighbourhood.
The \'Yes\' camp won 51.41 per cent in Monday’s referendum, in a narrower than expected victory, according to complete results released by election authorities. Thousands of supporters of the \'No\' campaign, in the referendum on granting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater powers took to the streets of Istanbul late on Monday citing voting irregularities. The placard reads in Turkish: \'No We Won\'.
The results of the landmark referendum granted sweeping new powers to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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