DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—Voters in Turkey headed to the polls on June 7 in what may prove to be one of the most critical elections in the country’s modern history. The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) hopes to break the 10 percent barrier to send MPs to parliament, preventing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) from gaining enough seats to change the constitution.
A man casts his vote in a Diyarbakir
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HDP passed the 10% threshold (currently at 12% translating to around 76 MPs), AKP failed to get even a simple majority. One party rule is over. Guess Sultan Erdogan will ban Twitter again or something.