by Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey’s election authority on Wednesday rejected opposition requests to cancel a referendum that boosted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authority as police detained activists over street protests following the contested poll. The narrow victory of the ‘Yes’ campaign in Sunday’s referendum handed Erdogan sweeping new powers — most of which will come into force after 2019 — but was bitterly disputed by his rivals. The […]