Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin Sunday, and the prime minister pledged to safeguard the country's secular traditions and do whatever the government deems necessary to fight separatist Kurdish rebels.
Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted party claimed a resounding victory Sunday, winning nearly 47 percent of the vote in the country's parliamentary elections, electoral officials said.
The Islamic-inspired party took nearly half of the total vote in national elections in a stinging rebuke to Turkey?s old guard.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) -- Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but risking fresh tensions with the secular elite.
Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling Justice and Development Party won a decisive victory in legislative polls Sunday, earning another five-year term in office, unofficial results showed.
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections Sunday that had pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections Sunday, taking at least 331 of 550 seats despite warnings from the secular opposition that the government was a threat to secular traditions.
The prime minister?s party took a strong lead, setting the stage for a final confrontation over who should run Turkey.
Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) was poised for a decisive victory in legislative polls Sunday that would give it another five-year term, partial results showed.
July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called his victory in Turkey's election a boost for democracy in the Muslim country, where the secularist military is challenging the scope of his Islamic-rooted party's governing power.