Islamists with Crushing Victory in Turkey

World | November 4, 2002, Monday // 00:00

The Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AK) has won a crushing victory in Turkey's general elections, enabling it to end 15 years of coalition government. The recently-founded AK party secured a clear majority in parliament with 34.2% of the vote, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. It was one of only two parties to cross the 10% threshold required to enter parliament. The staunchly secular Republican People's Party was the only other party to win representation, with 19.3% of the vote, giving it 178 seats. The AK party will have 363 of the 550 seats in parliament - just four seats short of the two-thirds needed to change the constitution, but enough to form the next government on its own. Turkey's outgoing Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit accepted defeat, after none of the three ruling coalition parties managed to cross the 10% threshold.

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