Foreign minister says vote heralds 'new Turkey'

Turkey's foreign minister has hailed his government's narrow win in a referendum as the birth of a "new Turkey"
Monday, 17 April 2017 00:55

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told a group of supporters in his hometown of Antalya on Sunday: "As of now, there is a truly new Turkey. There will be stability and trust in the new Turkey."

Illegal acts were being carried out in favour of the government in Sunday's referendum on expanding the powers of the presidency. Residents in several cities of Turkey banged pots and pans from their windows on Sunday in a traditional form of protest as President Tayyip Erdoğan and AKP government claimed victory in a tightly-fought referendum.