"Turkish Parliament Approves Direct National Vote for President
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: May 11, 2007
KONYA, Turkey, May 10 — The Turkish Parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Thursday that would allow the president to be elected in a direct nationwide vote.
More than two-thirds of the 550-member Parliament voted for the change, which has been sought by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to circumvent Turkey’s powerful secular establishment in getting his choice for president approved."
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