Did Kurds determine outcome of Turkey's referendum? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

Apr 21, 2017

Supporters of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) shout slogans during a rally for the upcoming referendum in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar - RTS12FFG — Supporters of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party shout slogans during a rally for the referendum in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 15, 2017. — REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a rally for the upcoming referendum in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RTX33N12

Fears of foul play hang over Turkish referendum

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

People wave Turkey's national flags during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and supported by ruling AK Party (AKP), oppositions Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), to protest against last month's failed military coup attempt, in Istanbul, Turkey, August 7, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTSLKWT

3 reasons disgruntled conservatives may sway Turkish referendum

Ali Bayramoglu

Erdogan’s Islamic credentials no longer a winning hand among Turkey’s Kurds

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A man reads Sabah newspaper bearing a headline which translates as "Revolution of people"" in Istanbul on April 17, 2017, a day after Turkey's referendum.
The deputy leader of Turkey's opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) called on April 17, 2017 for the results of a referendum agreeing new powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be annulled. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images)

Erdogan's referendum win no clean sweep

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security