'Yes' and 'no' camps in fierce race as polls near

Both the "yes" and "no" camps have visibly geared up their campaigns with harsh rhetoric and reciprocal accusations with just three days until one of Turkey's most important referendums ever. 

The neck-and-neck race for a "50 percent plus one vote" between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on the "yes" side and the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on the "no" side will end on April 16 after around 55 million Turkish voters cast their votes on the charter package. 

The "yes" camp has been focusing its campaign on the notion that the package will open the way to a new era for Turkey that will be more stable, prosperous and terror-free, especially after the failed July 2016 coup. 

"April 16 will herald lasting stability for Turkey," Erdoğan said late April 12 in Istanbul in an address to the families of those who lost loved ones in the coup attempt. "God willing, April 16 will also be the day of the defeat of all terror organizations as it will herald a bright day shining on Turkey." 

The "no" camp's response was sharp. "You have been enjoying single-party government for 15 years. Who stopped you from bringing stability and prosperity and ending terror? Tell me, if you can, which laws weren't you able to pass in parliament in those 15 years?" CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu asked in an interview with CNN Türk late April 12. 

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Kılıçdaroğlu's strategy from the very beginning has been to highlight that the vote has nothing to do with the current political situation as the Turkish people will not vote for political parties but for the future of the country and...