In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan applauds during the last rally prior to the July 16 referendum, in Istanbul. The personality cult that grew around Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey has very gradually been fading as current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in power since 2003 as alternately prime minister and president, has harked back to the glory days of the height of the Ottoman Empire to whip up patriotic sentiment. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)