Football Soccer - Turkey v Finland - 2018 World Cup Qualifying European Zone - Antalya arena, Antalya, Turkey - 24/3/17 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan reacts after Turkey's win. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey may hold a second referendum on whether to continue with European Union accession talks following a planned vote on April 16 that could give him sweeping new powers.
"Right now we are holding a referendum on April 16 and after that we could choose to do a second one on the (EU) accession talks and we would abide by whatever our people would say there," Erdogan told a forum in the southern city of Antalya.
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