"Reading Turkey correctly
Friday, July 27, 2007
Semih İDİZ
A first glance the election results provide no major surprises except for the greater than expected margin of success by the AKP. This is an important boost for the party, of course, and cannot be underestimated. On the other hand, despite its landslide victory the AKP did not get a �carte blanche� from the electorate. As we predicted in this column last week, the AKP will be able to form a government on its own without the need of outside support. But it will not be able to change the constitution on its own, since it did not win the required number of seats to do so. "
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