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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

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"ANALYSIS-Turks weigh up prospects for early election
Wednesday 3 May 2006, 6:46am EST

By Gareth Jones and Hidir Goktas

ANKARA, May 3 (Reuters) - Tax cuts, free health care for children, salary hikes for state sector workers -- for some Turks, the list of recent decisions from Turkey's ruling party is beginning to read like an election manifesto.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) says it wants to serve out its full five-year term to November 2007, but Turkey's media and opposition parties see increasing signs that it is preparing for an early election."

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