AKP set to win Turkey elections

Turkey’s ruling party won a fresh endorsement from voters in municipal elections held on the 29 March 2009 – but with a drop in support that may make it wary of pressing reforms that would antagonise its secularist opponents.

BBC News, 30.3.09: Turkish PM's party slips in polls http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7970448.stm

The Economist, No.8625, 4.4.09: Turkish politics: A wake-up call from the voters http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13415242

EurActiv, 31.3.09: Turkish elections bring ruling party down to earth http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/turkish-elections-bring-ruling-p-news-221537

France24, 30.3.09: Ruling party leads, but fails to sweep local polls http://www.france24.com/en/20090330-ruling-party-leads-but-fails-sweep-local-polls-akp-erdogan-turkey-kurdish

IHT Europe, 29.3.09: Turkey’s Governing Party Wins City Races http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/world/europe/30turkey.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

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