Parliamentary Elections High Stakes for Turkey _ and Erdogan
ANKARA, Turkey — Jun 5, 2015, 7:06 AM ET
By SUZAN FRASER and DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press
Associated Press
Turkey holds parliamentary elections Sunday in which there's little doubt about the overall outcome: victory for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. Still, the elections may turn out to be the most important since Erdogan's Justice and Development Party swept to power in 2002. The reason is that make-up of the new Parliament promises to determine whether Erdogan can achieve his dream of giving himself sweeping new powers — or whether his official presidential role will remain circumscribed. Here is a look at the key factors.
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