On Sunday, a referendum was held in Turkey - in favor or not - of a new presidential system that would ultimately give the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan more power.
The referendum, which a majority vote in favor means Turkey would see a switch from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency, saw extremely close results.
Erdogan, alongside the country's prime minister Binali Yıldırım, declared victory Sunday night as the majority of votes were in favor.
However, the Turkish Election Commission has >yet to release the official results.
According to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Erdogan appears to have won with 51.4 percent of votes cast in his favor. 99.8 percent of the ballots have so far been counted.
Despite the fact that the win means that the current prime minister will lose his job, the country's current PM Yıldırım insisted that the people should not be upset over the victory.
"No one should have an offended or broken heart," the prime minister said, according to CNN.
"There's no stopping. We will continue our path. We will continue marching on from where we left."
But, people from all over the world couldn't help but feel like the decision is an abandonment of democracy.
The irony of the entire situation ...
It "looks like we lost Turkey"
Some resorted to accurate comparisons:
One step forward ... ten steps back
"Congratulations Turkey. You are going to hell."
It was a "very close vote"
Stating facts:
On dictatorships ...
The reality of the situation:
"Today's vote is a tragedy"
This is the picture of one person who voted "NO" because "we have to stop fascism"
"The end of parliamentary democracy"
What does the new constitution mean?
The draft constitution states that the next presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in 2019. It also gives the president a five-year tenure.
The president will have the ability to extend two terms and the power to appoint top public officials, including ministers (except that of the prime minister, as it will no longer be available), high-level state official and vice-presidents.
It will also allow the president to intervene in the judiciary, declare a state of emergency, issue executive decrees and dissolve parliament.