Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was proclaimed the winner in today's (June 24, 2018) presidential election that ushers in a government system granting the president sweeping new powers, which critics say will cement a one-man rule, according to the ABC News website.
Today's presidential vote and a parliamentary election completed Turkey's transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one.
Erdogan, 64, insisted the expanded powers of the Turkish presidency will bring prosperity and stability to the country.
Some 50,000 people have been arrested and 110,000 civil servants have been fired as a result of a military coup in 2016 that failed to overthrow Erdogan. Opposition lawmakers say Erdogan has used the failed coup to stifle dissent, as his state of emergency imposed after the coup remains in place.
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