LIVE: Turkey votes on whether to expand president's powers
- Turkey is voting on an 18-article constitutional amendments package which would grant the president vast executive powers
- A simple 50 percent plus 1 vote of all votes cast is required to change the existing parliamentary system to an executive presidency
- More than 55 million people out of the country's nearly 80 million population are eligible to vote
- A total of 167,601 polling stations have been set up across the country
- Voting abroad was completed last week, with 1.3 million people voting
Live Updates
According to Turkish local media, the number of 'Yes' votes in Turkey's referendum on expanding presidential powers has dipped to 52.9 percent nationwide.
The number of 'No' votes has moved ahead to in Istanbul 50.3 percent, while the percentage of 'Yes' votes is at 49.7 percent.
About 85% of the ballot boxes have been opened by electoral staff, with votes in the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) strongholds now counted.
About 61 percent of Turkish voters living abroad voted 'Yes' in the referendum on expanding the powers of the Turkish president, reported Turkish local media on Sunday.
No votes came in at 38.7 percent.
Turkish expats in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Denmark cast their votes ahead of the vote in Turkey.
According to local media, the number of 'Yes' votes are at 54 percent, with about 70 percent of the ballot boxes counted so far.
The majority of the ballot counted are in Turkey's eastern region since polls closed an hour earlier in eastern and southeastern provinces.
According to Turkish local media, 85.8% of the 55.3 million eligible voters cast their votes at polling stations on Sunday.
Turnout is generally high during elections and referendums in Turkey, with an average turnout of more than 80 percent in the last nine elections.
According to local Turkish media, the 'Yes' vote is in the lead with about 34% of the ballot boxes, mostly in Turkey's eastern region, now opened.
The 'Yes' vote is leading at 63 percent and 'No' at 36.6 percent, with about 24% of the ballot boxes opened by electoral staff, reported local media.
Nearly 12% of the ballot boxes have been opened by electoral staff after the vote counting process began across polling stations in Turkey, local media reported.
Voting across the country closed at 15 GMT, but those waiting in line to vote were allowed to finish voting.
Nusret Gokce, an Istanbul-based butcher and owner of the popular restaurant chain Nusr-Et Steakhouse, has over a million followers on Instagram.
Polling booths in Turkey's eastern regions, which opened at 0700 (0500GMT) have now closed, but but voters in line will be allowed to finish voting.
Ballot stations in central and western Turkey are open until 1500 GMT.
The YSK permits results to be broadcast about two hours after the last polling booths close.
Millions of Turkish citizens headed to polling stations across the country on Sunday to vote in a referendum on on expanding the powers of the Turkish president.
