AKIPRESS.COM - Ethnic Kyrgyz who migrated to Van from Afghanistan's Pamir tableland cast their votes with their traditional outfits in the constitutional referendum at a polling station in Van, Turkey on April 16.
Turkish people head to the polls on Sunday to vote on the proposed change to a presidential system to replace the parliamentary democracy, with 18 articles proposed to be amended in the constitution.
The referendum ended with the result of 51.4% in favor of the changes.
The changes - due to be introduced before presidential and parliamentary elections in November 2019 - will turn Turkey into a presidential republic similar to the US and France. This could enable President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stay in power until 2029.