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Monday, September 30, 2013

Turkey may cut vote threshold, expand language rights | Reuters

Turkey may cut vote threshold, expand language rights

By Jonathon Burch

ANKARA | Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:30am EDT

(Reuters) - Turkey may reduce the threshold for a political party to enter parliament to 5 percent of the national vote, or even eliminate the barrier completely, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

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