Turkish opposition says appealing referendum on Erdogan powers


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  • Friday, 21 Apr 2017

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition party said it filed a court appeal on Friday against a decision by electoral authorities to accept unstamped ballot papers in the tightly contested referendum granting President Tayyip Erdogan wide new powers.

Preliminary referendum results gave a narrow 51.4 percent approval for the biggest overhaul of Turkey's political system since the modern state was established nearly a century ago, but opposition parties said the poll was deeply flawed.

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