Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Anadolu reported. President Trump congratulated Erdogan on the victory in the April 16 constitutional referendum.
But love is The Promise’s stock in trade. “Along with this heavy topic, we’ve created a very moving and emotional love quadrangle that carries us through the film,” says Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), the film’s director and co-writer. “We set out to create something that would appeal to a broader audience. This is a big, old-fashioned love story that takes place during a very dark period in history.”
Referendum day proceeded in an orderly and efcient manner in the limited number of polling stations visited by international observers. In some cases, access for ODIHR observers during the opening and voting in polling stations was either denied or limited.
Over 1000 American and 500 South Korean personnel are participating in the exercises, along with US 7th Air Force and South Korean Air Force gunships. The exercises are held amid sharp escalation of the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
“Negative implications in social moods, Turkey’s domestic policy, in the context of intra-ethnic situation, in particular, linked to Kurds, and economists claim that it’ll have a negative effect on Turkey’s economy,” he said.
The National Security Council of Turkey will convene a session on April 17 to discuss extending the state of emergency in the country, Vice Prime Minister of the country Nurettin Canikli told A Haber.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also said on Monday that Turkish authorities needed to address concerns about the content and procedure of the referendum raised by a panel of European legal experts.
“If the decision on re-introducing death penalty is passed in the Parliament, I will ratify it. If it doesn’t pass, we will hold another referendum on introducing death penalty,” he said.
“The referendum results created a divided country. The EU’s cooperation with this country in the future will become more difficult,” he said.
Protests erupted in Turkey’s Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and other cities after the constitutional referendum results were published. The protestors chanted “This is just the beginning, we will continue the struggle”, Sozcu news agency reported.
