Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party wins majority

Monday, July 23, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections Sunday, taking at least 331 of 550 seats despite warnings from the secular opposition that the government was a threat to secular traditions.

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