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Published 10 June 2011
Turkey's upcoming parliamentary elections signal an opportunity for positive reform of the Turkish constitution and better relations with the European Union, argues Sinan Ülgen in an exclusive commentary for EurActiv.
This commentary was sent exclusively to EurActiv by Sinan Ülgen, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, a founding partner of the consultancy firm Istanbul Economics, and chairman of the Istanbul-based Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM).
"Turks will be going to the polls this Sunday to choose their next government. There is little uncertainty about the outcome. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its charismatic leader, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, are set to gain the backing of the Turkish population for a third consecutive term in power. The real uncertainty lies in the margin of victory the AKP will obtain. It is this that will ultimately shape the near-term political climate of the country.....more....
read more: euractiv.com
http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/read-outcome-turkish-elections-analysis-505544
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