How the AKP dominated yesterday's election in Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

Nov 2, 2015

Women wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey November 1, 2015. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the outcome of a general election which swept his AK Party back to a parliamentary majority on Sunday as a victory for democracy. Picture taken November 1, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX1UC6Q — Women wave flags outside Justice and Development Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 1, 2015. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the outcome of the general election that swept his AK Party back to a parliamentary majority on Sunday as a victory for democracy. — REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A man looks at newspapers at a kiosk in Diyarbakir, Turkey November 2, 2015. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the nation had voted for stability in a parliamentary election that saw the AK Party he founded win almost 50 percent of the vote, and said the world should respect the result. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov - RTX1UCZZ

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