Turks Go Back to Polls Seeking to Break Political Deadlock
- Opinion polls suggest prolonged stalemate is likelier outcome
- Parties spar over Kurdish conflict, economy and Erdogan's role
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Turks went back to the ballot boxes on Sunday for a re-run of the inconclusive June election, with polls suggesting they’re more likely to perpetuate the political stalemate than end it.
Another hung parliament may pressure the governing AK Party, which lost its majority in June, to seek a coalition and avoid having to hold yet another election. “I don’t think Turkey can withstand this,’’ Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told NTV television Thursday. The voting will end at 5 p.m. local time.