"Which way for Turkey?
09:00 Mon 30 Jul 2007
In what was regarded as the most important elections in Turkey in recent years, on July 22 prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party secured another five-year term in Parliament, with an increased majority.
The pro-business, but Islamist-rooted AK Party (AKP) won 46.6 per cent of the vote, an increase from 34.4 per cent in the 2002 general elections. Coming second and third in the polls were the Republican People’s Party (CHP) with 20 per cent, and the Nationalist Movement’s Party (MHP) with 14.3 per cent."
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