Turkey’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a stunning rebuke yesterday as it failed to win a ruling majority in the country’s parliamentary elections.
With only 258 seats projected to go to the AKP, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be forced to seek partners in forming a governing coalition, but he’s likely to face resistance. All three opposition parties have come out against such an alliance, the Associated Press reports.
These elections also saw the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) surpass, for the first time, the 10 percent barrier needed to send MPs to parliament.
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