Turks vote in crucial parliamentary elections

RAZR63 · Post by **RAZR63** » Sun 07 Jun 2015 11:32 am

Economic promises, alleged state corruption and the Kurdish situation are some of the issues being considered by Turkish voters as they go to the polls in parliamentary elections on Sunday.
The outcome of the polls could also determine whether ruling party politicians can rewrite the constitution to bolster the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The ballot boxes opened at 8am local time (0500GMT) and will close at 5pm (1400GMT), with non-official results expected by the end of the day.
Public surveys prior to the election indicated the conservative Justice and Development (AK) party was in the lead.
The AK party, the ruling party for the past 13 years, is seeking to secure two-thirds of the 550 seats in the parliament in order to change the constitution to replace Turkey's 92-year-old parliamentary system for a presidential system.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/t ... 13763.html

niceone · Post by **niceone** » Sun 07 Jun 2015 7:15 pm

They are curbing freedom of speech of the press

http://www.lgcnews.com/erdogan-demands- ... ournalist/

jofra · Post by **jofra** » Sun 07 Jun 2015 7:28 pm

BBC News 44 minutes ago -
"Turkey's governing AK party appears on course to lose its parliamentary majority, early projections suggest.
They also suggest the pro-Kurdish HDP is set to cross the 10% threshold, securing seats for the first time.
With 90% of the vote counted, the AKP had 42% of the vote, according to Turkish TV stations."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33042284

Groucho · Post by **Groucho** » Mon 08 Jun 2015 8:02 am

At least the AKP party's Islam-ification of the organs of state should be held in check. That and the increased power aspirations the President... we shall see. Will the state corruption be investigated? Will the judges sacked for daring to do so remain sacked?