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April 20, 2017

Turkey Arrests Dozens of Opposition Members over Referendum Protests
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Turkish authorities arrested dozens of opposition members Wednesday
morning at dawn in a government crackdown against those questioning the
legitimacy of Sunday's referendum. Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan has claimed victory in the narrow referendum vote to give
sweeping powers to the president. The opposition and European monitors
say the vote was tainted by voting fraud and by a climate of fear and
repression.


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