Thorny road ahead for Erdogan

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's tight victory in Sunday's referendum may not allow him to move freely in expanding his powers, analysts pointed out on Tuesday. An unofficial tally gave Erdogan's "yes" vote a narrow win, with 51.4 percent approving a series of constitutional changes converting Turkey's parliamentary system to a presidential one.

But US President Donald Trump congratulated Erdogan on the referendum campaign in a phone call on Monday and vowed close cooperation on Syria and Iraq, Turkish presidential sources said.

"I value our friendship, we have many important things to do together," Trump was quoted by the sources as saying in a statement.