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Turkey: Ruling Party Regains Parliamentary Majority

HeadlineNov 02, 2015

In Turkey, the party of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has regained its parliamentary majority in national elections. On Sunday, Turkish voters elected Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party—the AKP—to 330 of the Parliament’s 550 seats. It’s a major comeback for the AKP after losing its majority in the last campaign five months ago. The victory will help Erdogan strengthen a hold on power critics say has become increasingly authoritarian and divisive. We’ll go to Turkey for more from journalist Patrick Cockburn later in the broadcast.

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