Turkey’s long-dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) has scored a stunning electoral comeback, regaining its parliamentary majority in a poll seen as crucial for the future of the troubled country.
The party founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won more than 49 per cent of the vote to secure 315 seats in the 550-member parliament with nearly all votes counted.
The outcome could aggravate deep splits in Turkey between pious conservatives who champion Erdogan as a hero of the working class, and Western-facing secularists suspicious of his authoritarianism and Islamist ideals
