ISTANBUL – Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party was set to win yesterday’s parliamentary election with 50.2 per cent of the vote, but looked unlikely to get enough seats to call a referendum on a planned new constitution. A Muslim democracy and candidate for the European Union, Turkey has become an economic powerhouse and influential player on the global stage since the party first swept to power in 2002. If the partial results based on 90 per cent of the vote are confirmed, the AK would be forced to seek agreements with other parties…
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