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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Turkey's religious heartland enjoys AKP prosperity - BBC News

Turkey's religious heartland enjoys AKP prosperity
By Mark Lowen BBC Turkey correspondent, Konya

It zips through the Turkish countryside at 250 kilometres an hour: fast, efficient - and a vote-winner for the governing AK Party (AKP).

We've boarded Turkey's high-speed train as we continue our election trip across the country. It's still new - this is only the second line, connecting Ankara to once sleepy Konya. It's cut what was a 16-hour train ride via another town down to just 1 hour 45 minutes.

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