Turkish President declares victory in referendum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared victory in Sunday's referendum, which would effectively allow a transition towards sweeping new powers.

As CNN reports: "The Turkish Election Commission has yet to release its official results, and the opposition promised to contest at least a third of the votes cast. But according to the state-run Anadolu Agency, with 99.8% of the ballots counted, Erdogan appeared poised to win with 51.4% of voters casting ballots in his favor. A total of 47.5 million votes were cast, Anadolu said." 

CNN adds: "Supreme Electoral Council President Sadi Guven also confirmed that the "yes" votes had prevailed, according to unofficial results. He said official results would arrive in about 10 days, after any objections had been considered."