UPDATE 3 - Yes votes ahead in Turkish referendum

UPDATES WITH FRESH FIGURES

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - With more than 95 percent of the votes counted in Turkey’s constitutional referendum, Yes votes led on 51.70 percent.

At 7.35 p.m. local time (1635GMT), 95.04 percent of votes had been counted.

Figures from vote counts showed Yes on 51.70 percent -- 23,997,153 votes -- while No had 48.30 percent, or 22,420,313 votes.

Turkey headed to the polls on Sunday in a referendum on a 18-article bill that would see the country switch from a parliamentary to a presidential system.