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Turkish people have shown their strong support for the Justice and Development Party, which has promised to continue the preparations to meet EU accession criteria and stressed that joining the EU is one of the main priorities for them. (Photo: EUobserver)

Winner of Turkish election makes the EU a priority

The Islamic-based Justice and Development Party has won Turkey's general election and for the first time in 11 years could form a single party government. According to initial results, only two parties managed to cross the 10 per cent threshold needed to enter the parliament. Both the leader and the vice-chairman of the Justice and Development Party assured that they will definitely continue preparations to meet the EU accession criteria and promised to make joining the EU one of their priori...

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Turkish people have shown their strong support for the Justice and Development Party, which has promised to continue the preparations to meet EU accession criteria and stressed that joining the EU is one of the main priorities for them. (Photo: EUobserver)

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