Party Leader’s Bid to Be Premier Gets a Boost
From Times Wire Reports
Turkey’s parliament voted to amend the constitution to clear the way for ruling party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run in a by-election as a step toward becoming prime minister.
Because of a conviction in 1998 for inciting religious hatred, Erdogan was banned from running in a Nov. 3 election, in which his Justice and Development Party won a landslide. A previous constitutional change was vetoed by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
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