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Turkish Party with Islamic Roots Wins in Landslide


(Jerusalem Post) - Turkey's voters gave a resounding victory to the Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP) of former Istanbul mayor Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. Turkish State Television TRT gave the AKP some 35% of the vote, meaning the AKP would control an absolute majority of more than 350 seats in the 550-seat Turkish parliament.
2002-11-04 00:00:00
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