ISTANBUL — Under the shadow of a tear-gassed media crackdown and concerns about election fraud, 54 million voters are heading to polls in Turkey on Sunday.
After losing its parliamentary majority and one-party grip on power in elections held in June, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did all in his power to prevent a coalition government being formed in the past five months, leading to these snap elections.
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He was especially angry at the Kurdish-dominated People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who were able to get enough votes, from Kurds and Turks, to end Erdogan’s 13-year-long, one-party, rule …
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Turkey votes in high stakes, snap election as fears of fraud loom
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