Turkish referendum grants more power to Erdogan: Democracy no more?

The 51.4% 'yes' vote certainly seems to mark the beginning of the end for Turkey's fragile democracy

Turkey’s April 16 referendum will be long remembered as a turning point in the country’s political history.

Turks were asked to grant additional executive powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bringing an end to the separation of powers. The 18 proposed constitutional amendments grant the Turkish president sweeping authority over the executive, legislative and judiciary branches, including power to dismiss the Turkish Grand National Assembly and autonomy in drawing the state budget with minimal parliamentary oversight and directly appointing 12 members of the 15-member Constitutional Court. The post of prime minister will also be eliminated to make way