"Wisdom of the Turks
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Democracy has a bad rap in the Middle East these days, but it earned some rehabilitation in Turkey on the weekend. In parliamentary elections, voters sent a message of moderation both to the Islamist-influenced majority party and the military.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 46.6% of the vote, up 14 percentage points from the 2002 poll. In its wisdom, however, the electorate also put a check on the majority by denying the AKP a two-thirds majority to change the constitution. Two other parties and a bloc of Kurdish parliamentarians squeaked in. ..."
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