Erdogan Needs Reconciliation for Turkey Constitution, Nazli Says

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won a third term in office pledging to rewrite Turkey’s constitution and continue its economic growth, is gaining “more leverage” over his secular opponents, Kaan Nazli, director of emerging markets at Medley Global Advisors, said today in a telephone interview.

The governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has about 51 percent of the votes with 80 percent of ballots counted, preliminary results published by Cihan News Agency showed.