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MHP leader Bahceli: Referendum a 'turning point' for Turkey

16 April 2017 13:14 BST

“This is an important turning point in the lives of our nation," said nationalist movement party leader (MHP) Devlet Bahceli ahead casting his vote in Ankara on Sunday.

'This is an important turning point in the lives of our nation'

- MHP leader Devlet Bahceli

Although deeply divided over the constitutional amendments, the MHP's official line has backed the changes proposed by the ruling party.
 
Bahceli said he hoped the vote would be a "major turning point in the life of our people and in Turkey."

Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party's leader (MHP) Devlet Bahceli casts his vote in the constitutional referendum on expanding the powers of the Turkish president at a polling station in Ankara on 16 April (AFP)