"We demand the cancellation of this referendum", Tezcan said.
On Sunday a referendum that experts say wild solidify Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan authoritarian rule passed by a vote of 51.2 percent to 48.8 percent.
The retired general also had more advice for the administration just days after Trump approved military strikes on Syria and the U.S. military dropped America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan.
Ignoring concerns raised by worldwide monitoring groups and his own State Department, President Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to congratulate him on the country's contested referendum greatly expanding presidential powers.
Opposition parties are filing their objections to the electoral board Tuesday for the decision to count as valid ballots that did not bear an official stamp and other alleged irregularities.
The powers granted could potentially keep the Turkish president in office until 2029, scrap the job of prime minister and allow the president to directly appoint top public officials.
The opposition in the country is insisting there were significant problems with the vote and are moving to formally challenge the outcome, even as experts concede that within Turkey's system such a complaint stands little chance. Similar queues were also reported in front of an election board office in Istanbul.
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While the result confirmed a much lower margin than had been expected, an observer from the Council of Europe said on Tuesday that up to 2.5m votes could have been manipulated, far eclipsing Erdogan's victory margin of 1.3m votes.
Worldwide observers agreed the campaign was conducted on an "unlevel playing field" and that the vote count itself was marred by procedural changes that removed key safeguards. The Commission said any legislation bringing back the death penalty to Turkey, as pledged by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his campaign, would certainly end Ankara's European Union membership bid.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said that "the results [of the referendum] are the beginning of a new era [in Turkish politics]" and emphasized the necessity for unity and solidarity in the country as a whole.
"Know your place first", Erdogan told the monitors in an address to supporters outside his vast presidential palace in Ankara.
Turkey's ongoing state of emergency is due to be extended by the country's parliament on Tuesday, two days after a majority of voters chose to grant greater powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
US President Donald Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him on his victory, while European Union leaders gave more reserved responses.
A few hours earlier, Spicer said during a press briefing that the USA will wait until the global commission of election monitors completes its report: "Before we start getting into their government system, let this commission get through its work".
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