“The leaders of Turkey's opposition parties expressed their discontent with the referendum results but said they will respect the people’s will, urging the government not to take advantage of the result,” Turkish Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review reports.

“We respect the will of the people. We have learned lessons from the referendum. But no one can deny the extraordinary pressure put on the public,” CHP (Republican People’s Party) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.

“The AKP mobilization of state resources, resort to illegal tools-such as pressure, bribery, lies and threats, as well as the abuse of moral values to achieve political ends has become a dark page in our history," Leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli stated.

According to him, with the adoption of the constitutional amendments, Turkey has entered a dark period full of vital risks and dangers.

“It is inevitable that the amendments will condemn Turkey to a process of division, conflict and separation on an ethnic basis. It is clear what grave and heavy consequences such a process will lead to,” he stressed.