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Turkey's President Erdogan announces early elections
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that the country will hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, more than a year earlier than they were due to take place.
Posted — UpdatedBy Gul Tuysuz and James Masters (CNN)
ISTANBUL (CNN) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that the country will hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, more than a year earlier than they were due to take place.
The polls will be the first since a referendum last year that transformed Turkey's parliamentary democracy into a powerful executive presidency and handed Erdogan sweeping new powers.
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