Turkey seemed headed for early general elections Tuesday after its top court annulled a parliamentary vote for a new president that has sparked a crisis between the Islamist-rooted government and the army.
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey will hold early parliamentary elections and will seek to alter the nation's law book after the Constitutional Court blocked a move by the government to elect Turkey's first head of state with an Islamist past.
Turkey's Islamist-rooted government has vowed to press on with presidential elections after the top court annulled the first round of voting. This paves the way for early general elections. The opposition, backed by Turkey's powerful military establishment, is trying to block the election of a moderate Islamist as the country's new head of state.
Turkey's PM says he will ask parliament to approve an early general election when it meets on Wednesday.
Turkey's Constitutional Court is set to rule Tuesday on disputed presidential elections that sparked a political row between the Islamist-rooted government and the army over the country's secular order.
May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey will hold early parliamentary elections after the Constitutional Court blocked a move by the government to elect Turkey's first head of state with an Islamist past.
That strategic ally so vital to NATO; that bridge between Europe and the Middle East; that symbol of a relatively stable, secular democracy in a Muslim nation: Could Turkey now rupture over Islam's role in public life?
May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's highest court annulled the nation's presidential election and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government said it planned an early parliamentary election to reaffirm its legitimacy. The Turkish lira rose.
Turkey's Constitutional Court is set to rule Tuesday on whether to cancel a first round of presidential elections which sparked a political crisis, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Turkey's constitutional court annuls a presidential election but the government vows to hold a new vote.