Monday, July 23, 2007

Turkish Election Results

"Turkish Election Results

With almost all the votes now counted in Turkey's parliamentary elections, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won 47 percent of the vote, up nearly fifteen percentage points from their showing five years ago. The increase in popular support won't make much of a difference in the parliamentary majority, though. In fact, according to CNN, they'll come out 21 seats below what they won in 2002. Nonetheless, they'll have 342 of the 550 seats in the Turkish parliament -- a very comfortable majority."

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