Western observers said Turkey's elections were “well-managed but the country needs to expand freedoms to strengthen its democracy.”

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won a third term in office in the June 12 election and he seeks to overhaul Turkey's military-era constitution.

Election monitors from The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said that the election demonstrated pluralism. But they urged Turkey to improve freedom of expression and create a media environment "free from political pressure."

The OSCE delegation also criticized Turkey's 10 percent electoral threshold that keeps smaller parties out of parliament, Today’s Zaman reported.