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Turkish referendum: First step to 'New Turkey' or shameless power-grab?
Nearly 60 million Turks are voting in the referendum

By Nil Köksal, CBC News Posted: Apr 03, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 03, 2017 5:15 AM ET

Yes or no questions, by definition, are supposed to be clear-cut, black and white.

But like so much in Turkey, the decision more than 58 million of its citizens — including three million abroad — will make on April 16 is a lesson in shades of grey.

Turks are voting in a referendum on whether to change their country's constitution and give more power to current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan — there's no disputing that.


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