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Turkish citizens line up at polling stations to cast their votes

16 April 2017 13:14 BST

More than 55.3 million Turks are eligible to vote on sweeping changes to the president's role.

Polling stations opened in the east of the country at 0400 GMT, while voting in Istanbul, Ankara and other cities got under way an hour later.

People arrive to vote in the constitutional referendum on expanding the powers of the Turkish president at a polling station in Ankara on 16 April (AFP)
The last polls close at 1500 GMT with first results expected shortly after.

People wait their turn to cast their vote at a school in Istanbul's Bakirkoy district (Suraj Sharma/MEE)