"Turkey and the European Community
Franklin W. Knight
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Last July 22 the Republic of Turkey held an important national election, returning to power the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Recep Tayyip Erdogan that had been in power since 2002. Fourteen political parties along with some independent candidates contested the election. Seven parties gained the required 10 per cent of the total votes for proportional representation in the Grand National Assembly. Despite the restiveness of the military and the threats of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) on the border with Iraq, the elections were a good measure of the vitality of Turkey's democracy."
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