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		<title>AKP’s sweep to power in Turkey raises more questions than answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 07:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to a single-party majority for the fourth time since 2002, this was much to the surprise of many. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP won 316 seats in parliament in stark contracts to June elections. The snap elections would afford a second chance to make amends and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s snap election promises yet more political deadlock and instability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey faces a snap election on November 1st, just months after its last election. The elections of June 7th bore great significance as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority owed to the success of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) that saw a Kurdish political party comfortably pass the 10% [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>HDP’s historic triumph at the polls renews focus on peace process in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[History was achieved at the polls in Turkey as the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) became the first pro-Kurdish party to enter parliament as it emphatically surpassed the traditionally elusive election threshold with 13% of the vote. At the same time, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) were the biggest losers even as they amassed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Emboldened by local elections, Erdogan looks to the Kurds in presidential bid</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/04/emboldened-by-local-elections-erdogan-looks-to-the-kurds-in-presidential-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The local elections in Turkey were widely touted as a pivotal landmark and referendum on the 11 year rule of AKP and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Whilst Erdogan has been under great pressure of late and has endured much publicity, he was not only able to come out the elections fighting but emboldened to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dialog is the way forward for stability and prosperity</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/07/dialog-is-the-way-forward-for-stability-and-prosperity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Turkish parliament stutters to a start, Kurds demand wholesale measures not piecemeal gestures The recent national elections in Turkey were historic for the AKP as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured a landslide visctory and a third term, and many had hoped would also be historic for the future face of  Turkey. However, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A referendum on the taste for change and the historical foundations of Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a country seemingly in transition and an ideological tangle between its historical roots and the reformists intending to drag Turkey into the new millennia, the vote over constitutional amendments held extra significance. Many had perceived the vote as a referendum on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself and the thermostat by which to gauge [&#8230;]]]></description>
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