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'No' votes prevail in Turkey's three largest cities
"No" votes lost in Turkey overall in the April 16 referendum on shifting the country to an executive presidential system, but they came top in Turkey's three largest cities: Istanbul, the capital Ankara and the western province of İzmir.
Turkish party leaders cast votes in referendum
The leaders of Turkey's political parties cast their votes on April 16 for the referendum that will decide whether the current parliamentary system should be shifted into an executive presidency.
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım voted in the western province of İzmir.
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Yea-sayers to abolish the 17th Turkish state
"Our people are making a revolution. People are stepping to form their own state. A happy April 16 to all…"
Now you would ask, "Which people?" Is it the 51 percent who will say "Yes," or the 51 percent who will say
"No?"
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Police raid Istanbul wedding hall over bootleg alcohol, detain five suspects
Gendarmerie forces on April 10 raided a wedding hall that included an underground bootleg alcohol plant in Istanbul's Başakşehir district, detaining five suspects, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Thousands of liters of bootleg alcohol stored in industrial bottles and ready for delivery across Turkey was seized during the raid.
Europe going crazy over proposed executive presidency in Turkey: Erdoğan
European countries are going crazy over the proposed executive presidency in Turkey which will go to a public vote on April 16, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said April 9.
1.27 million voters to cast ballots for first time: Supreme Election Board
Some 1.27 million new voters will be registered to take part in the April 16 referendum on whether to shift Turkey to an executive presidential system, the Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced on its website on April 7.
The total number of registered voters is 55.32 million, up from the 54.50 million voters registered for the Nov. 1, 2015 general election, a rise of 2.6 percent.
One village guard killed, three others wounded in Turkey's east
One village guard was killed in an operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Bingöl on April 4, according to security sources, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
We are guardians of peace, freedoms: President Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that peace cannot be established with weapons, as he commented on the attacks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş announces hunger strike with HDP MP
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), will start a hunger strike on March 31 to protest "inhumane treatment," along with jailed HDP deputy Abdullah Zeydan.
Last week, HDP Siirt deputy Besime Konca started a hunger strike in the Kandıra Prison.
Turkish teacher receives International Women of Courage Award from US
A Turkish teacher whose actions led to the arrest of a principal for sexually abusing six girls between the ages of six and 11 received the International Women of Courage Award in Washington on March 29.
Saadet Özkan, a teacher from the western province of İzmir, received her award from U.S. first lady Melania Trump.