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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Erdogan says Turkey to hold early elections June 24
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces snap elections in Turkey for June 24, bringing the polls forward by a year-and-a-half after a call from his main nationalist ally.
“As result of consultations with Mr Bahceli, we decided to hold elections on June 24, 2018, a Sunday,” Erdogan says in an address at his presidential palace after meting Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chief Devlet Bahceli.
Both presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on the same day. They had originally been scheduled to be held on November 3, 2019.
In this February 20, 2018 photo, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he arrives to parliament in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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