Today’s referendum is the most critical vote in modern Turkish history

Turkey held a referendum on whether to approve constitutional amendments that would substantially increase the power of the country’s President on the 16 April 2017. Soli Özel and Sezin Öney write that the result was bound to transform the country in one way or another, and that a Yes vote would effectively consign Turkey’s century old parliamentary system to history.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkish-constitutional-referendum-2017/

ESO: Background information: Evet or Hayır - Turkey in run-up to referendum http://www.europeansources.info/record/evet-or-hayir-turkey-in-run-up-to-referendum/

Deutsche Welle, 15.04.17: Pitched campaign battle concludes in Turkey ahead of referendum http://p.dw.com/p/2bHy9

The Guardian, 16.04.17: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: is he a threat to Turkish democracy? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/15/recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey-president-observer-profile

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