ANKARA (Reuters) – Turks vote in an election on Sunday that is expected to see Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan win a third consecutive term in office and could give him a mandate to rewrite the constitution. A Muslim democracy and aspirant to join the European Union, Turkey has become an economic powerhouse and an influential player on the global stage since Erdogan's ruling AK Party first swept to power in 2002. Polling stations in the country of 74 million people were due to open at 7.00 a.m. (12 a.m. ET Saturday) Sunday in the east, and an hour later in the west, including the capital Ankara and Istanbul. Opinion polls have shown…
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