U.S. President Donald Trump called Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on winning a referendum expanding his authority, sources in Erdogan's palace said on Monday.
Turkey voted on Sunday to switch to a presidential system, greatly increasing Erdogan's powers. Unofficial results, which the opposition said it would challenge, showed a narrow victory for him with 51.4 percent of votes cast in favour.
Earlier that day, a defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West's "crusader mentality" after European monitors criticized a referendum to grant him sweeping new powers, won with a narrow victory laying bare the nation's divisions.
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