Erdogan’s party loses majority as pro-Kurdish HDP gains seats
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party wins 41% of vote – meaning it will need a coalition partner to form a government
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Turkey election 2015:
Kurdish Obama is the country’s bright new star
Good looks and broad message have enabled the former lawyer Selahattin Demirtas to overcome Turkey’s notoriously high entry barrier for new parties
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Israeli-Saudi Unity against Resistance Front
An essay by Ghazanfar Roknabadi, Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon
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Amnesty rejects charges against jailed Bahraini Shia cleric
Amnesty International has dismissed as “groundless” the charges brought by the Bahraini judiciary against prominent Shia cleric and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, calling for his immediate release from prison.
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