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The Grand Turk
Turkey ruling AKP 'loses majority'
2015-06-07

Applying the Kemalist Cluebat Thought Club
Turkey's governing AK party appears on course to lose its parliamentary majority, early projections suggest.

They also suggest the pro-Kurdish HDP is set to cross the 10% threshold, securing seats for the first time.
nice
With 90% of the vote counted, the AKP had 42% of the vote, according to Turkish TV stations.
the other 10% they got 136%
If confirmed, the result would end the AKP's 13-year single-party rule, and upset President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to boost his office's powers.

President Erdogan, who first came to power as prime minister in 2003, has been seeking a two-thirds majority to turn Turkey into a presidential republic.

The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says Sunday's election was the biggest electoral challenge for the AKP since it came to power, with economic growth stalling.
the sick man of Europe
According to the TV projections, Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's share of the vote would translate into 263 seats in the 550-seat parliament, followed by the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) would get 11.6% - 75 seats.

An unnamed AKP official told Reuters news agency: "We expect a minority government and early election."
Posted by:Frank G

#6  All hail Kemalist Thought Clubs and associated Navel destroyers.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-06-07 22:40  

#5  NET PERTS = Where China's national, geopol andor strategic interests go or are, THE PLA WILL FOLLOW.

The above includes, but isn't limited, to where Chinese Babies are born-n-raised.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-06-07 22:01  

#4  Lest we fergit, TURKEY = repor may become a KURD-MAJORITY NATION in one generation or less, as due to Kurds' high birth rate versus the Turkoman's low birth rate.

[CHINESE "BIRTH TOURISM" VEE CNMI here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-06-07 21:58  

#3  That's a surprise.

I thought Erdogan would fix (steal) the election. Maybe, next time.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-06-07 20:01  

#2  Democracy is like a train. Once you reach the destination you get off.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2015-06-07 18:08  

#1  State of Emergency declared in 5,4,3...
Posted by: JHH   2015-06-07 17:35  

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