Turkish President Erdogan on Monday hailed a big victory for his ruling party in the country’s parliamentary election and demanded the world respect the result.
Turks headed to the polls Sunday for the second time in five months in a crucial election that will determine whether the ruling party can restore the parliamentary majority it enjoyed for 13 years.
Polarization has been a problem for Turkey for a long time. But now, the division between the ruling party’s supporters and its rivals is one of the country’s biggest fissures.