AK Party Wins Turk Poll With 48 Pct

Turkey's ruling AK Party won 48.1 percent of the vote in a landslide national election victory.

Turkey's ruling AK Party won 48.1 percent of the vote in a landslide national election victory on Sunday after two thirds of votes had been counted, private broadcaster CNN Turk said.

Two other parties crossed Turkey's high national threshold of 10 percent to enter parliament, with the leftist CHP winning 19.4 percent and the ultra-nationalist MHP on 14.7 percent, the broadcaster quoted partial returns as showing.