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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Turks vote in key election aimed at ending crisis

"Turks vote in key election aimed at ending crisis
22/07/2007 08h46
A Turkish woman casts her vote in Ankara
©AFP - Gali Tibbon

ANKARA (AFP) - Voters thronged polling stations across Turkey Sunday for snap legislative polls aimed at ending a bitter row over the secular credentials of the Muslim-dominated nation.

Pre-poll surveys predicted that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would comfortably win a second mandate, despite accusations that his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) aims to undermine the separation of state and religion."

More:AFP.com | Agence France-Presse, a global news agency