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    TURKISH PM ERDOGAN DISMISSES REPORTS ON EARLY ELECTION

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    02.11.2009 14:20 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday
    ruled out holding a general election before its scheduled date in
    2011, dismissing media reports this week that he might bring the vote
    forward by one year.

    Speaking at the inauguration ceremony for new terminal of the
    International Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Erdogan said
    his ruling Justice & Development (AK) Party was committed to hold
    parliamentary elections on time.

    "From now on, elections will be held on the announced date. They may
    be pulled forward by one or two months, that's different," Erdogan
    told reporters, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency.

    Erdogan's ruling AK Party swept to power in 2002, becoming the first
    single-party government in more than a decade. It was re-elected in
    2007 by the biggest margin of votes in 40 years.

    Media reports circulating over the past few days claimed that he
    talked to main opposition leader Deniz Baykal about an early election.

    Erdogan denied reports and said, "it is against my principles."

    "Why would I share such a thing with the main opposition (Republican
    People's Party)?" he said. "All these reports are lies."

    Erdogan also said that "early election talk" would give harm to
    Turkey. He said such a talk caused a negative effect on the stock
    market over the past two days.

    In recent months the AK Party has faced hostility from opposition
    parties over its policy on Kurdish inititive to help end a 25-year
    war with PKK separatists.

    It has also been criticised for agreeing to open diplomatic relations
    with its arch rival and neighbour Armenia, plans to draft a more
    liberal constitution and for other European Union-inspired measures
    the government hopes will bring it closer to membership of the bloc.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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