Turkey held a parliamentary vote earlier today. Most of the opposition parties walked out on the vote in order to stop the ruling AKP party from having two thirds turnout required for the vote to be valid. At the last moment, several members of opposition parties entered parliament to vote (shortly after vehmently stating on TV that that had no intention of voting). It appears that the were still a few votes short of the required 367 (of 550), and the leading opposition party has launched a challenge in the constitutional court…. This was all pretty much to be expected the current government who is notorious for shady dealings behind closed doors, while claiming to be an ultra clean party… The Beeb has more info..

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