Turkey's election takes nation a step back from the Islamist brink
By Thomas Lifson
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had plans to move his nation toward an authoritarian Islamist dictatorship, vastly enhancing the powers of the presidency, and needed an election to provide him the 400 votes in parliament necessary for constitutional changes. Instead, the election held yesterday reduced his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 326 to 258, robbing it of a parliamentary majority. AKP needs to find a coalition partner, or else new elections will have to be held.
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