"Turkey's too important to dismiss its referendum as a rowdy squabble
A no vote may undermine Erdoğan's stabilising role in the region
Proposed reforms to Turkey's constitution, the subject of a national referendum on Sunday, appear largely unexceptional to western eyes. But after months of impassioned, increasingly polarised campaigning, the vote has effectively transformed into a plebiscite on the eight-year rule of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his neo-Islamist AK party. The outcome has potentially dramatic implications for Turkey's future regional and international role."
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