Turkish Police Detain 19 People for Plotting Post-Referendum Rallies in Istanbul

"We also call on the authorities to launch a transparent investigation into these alleged irregularities", he said, citing worldwide observer reports and a last-minute decision to allow unstamped ballots in the referendum.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in May ahead of a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.

Kilicdaroglu said the referendum result was not only a success for his party, the CHP, but everyone who defended democracy.

"This referendum will forever remain controversial", warned Mithat Sancar, deputy chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) had Tuesday requested the poll be scrapped due to alleged violations.

Yildirim said the "the path to seek rights" should be limited to legal objections.

SC's 'Giraffe Mom' finally gets to meet April
Well Erin had her baby back on March 8 , but she had to wait until this past weekend for April to do her thing. There is now a petition to name April's calf after Dietrich's son Porter, which now has 339 supporters.

On Sunday, the government narrowly won the referendum granting it sweeping new powers and introduces drastic changes to Turkey's political structure and constitution.

The Istanbul Bar Association filed a criminal complaint against electoral board head Sadi Guven for "wrongful conduct" and "altering the result of the election".

Meanwhile, observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe also said earlier this week that "lack of equal opportunities, one-sided media coverage, and limitations on fundamental freedoms" had created an "unlevel playing field" in the vote.

"We need to end the European Union entry negotiations and instead work to establish a neighbourhood agreement" with Turkey, he said, referring to relations that are close but lie below full membership.

Turkey's ruling AK Party set out plans on Wednesday for President Tayyip Erdogan to gradually take back the party reins, in a sign it would begin implementing changes approved in Sunday's referendum despite opposition attempts to annul it. Observers said this decision, made in the afternoon of election day, removed an important safeguard against fraud.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday a critical report by European observers on the referendum contained several mistakes which he believed were deliberate. Cavusoglu said that he and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would finalize the date according to the two presidents' schedules.