土耳其總統宣告贏得修憲公投

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory on Sunday night in a historic referendum on a new constitution that will hand him sweeping new powers.

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土耳其總統雷傑普?塔伊普?埃爾多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)週日晚間宣佈，在圍繞新憲法的歷史性公投中取得了勝利。新憲法將賦予他全面的新權力。

But the narrow winning margin fell well short of the 55 per cent mandate he predicted. Opposition parties demanded recounts as results reported by the government-controlled Anatolian news agency showed Mr Erdogan ahead by just 51.3 per cent after 98 per cent of ballots had been counted.

但勝出的優勢很小，遠低於埃爾多安預測的55%的支持率。由政府控制的Anatolian新聞社報道的結果表明，在對98%的選票進行統計後，埃爾多安僅以51.3%的支持率領先。反對黨要求重新計票。

The results included a No majority in Istanbul, the nation’s economic and social powerhouse where Mr Erdogan first built his political base as mayor. It was the first time he had lost an election in the city since 2002.

在伊斯坦布爾，不支持新憲法的人佔大多數。伊斯坦布爾是土耳其的經濟和社會重地，當初埃爾多安以該市市長的身份打造了他的政治根基。這是自2002年以來他首次在該市的選舉中輸掉。

The vote cemented his role as the most powerful leader in the Turkish Republic’s history and sets the stage for him to rule the country until 2029 — longer than Kemal Ataturk, the nation’s founder.

此次公投鞏固了他作爲土耳其共和國史上最具權力領導人的角色，併爲他統治土耳其直至2029年奠定了基礎——屆時他主政的時間將超過現代土耳其的創立者凱末爾?阿塔圖爾克(Kemal Ataturk)。