Turkey ruling party wins election with reduced majority
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a third term in power after his conservative Justice and Development party took about 50 per cent of the vote in Sunday's general election.
However a strong showing by Kurdish nationalist candidates means Mr Erdogan may be forced to devote more effort to resolving the long running conflict between the state and the Kurdish minority.
Jonathan Head reports from Istanbul.
13 Jun 2011
- From the section Europe