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Trump congratulates Turkey’s Erdogan for vote that expands his powers

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Turkey’s Erdogan tells international election observers to “know your place”
Criticism over Turkey's referendum as a representative from the European election observer mission says the vote did not live up to the standards of the Council of Europe – Apr 17, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump called Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on winning a referendum expanding his authority, sources in Erdogan’s palace said on Monday.

Turkey voted on Sunday to switch to a presidential system, greatly increasing Erdogan’s powers.

Unofficial results, which the opposition said it would challenge, showed a narrow victory for him with 51.4 percent of votes cast in favour.

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