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6/12/11

Turkey elections: Turkey votes Sunday in crucial parliamentary election - by Borzou Daragahi

 Millions of Turkish voters headed to the polls Sunday for critical parliamentary elections that will likely shape the country's constitution, its conflict with a restive Kurdish ethnic minority and its definition of citizenship.

But judging from the gigantic billboards looming from highways and buildings throughout the country, the elections are really about whether Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be crowned Turkey's leader for the next 12 years.

"For many Turks voting for more secular oriented parties than the Islamist AKP of  Erdogan,  his objective to change the Turkish constitution and to turn Turkey into a Presidential Republic is a horrifying thought. "


For more: Turkey elections: Turkey votes Sunday in crucial parliamentary election - latimes.com

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