e Turkish Prime Minister's ******, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan salutes supporters from the balcony of his ruling party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, early Monday, March 31, 2014. Erdogan on Sunday hailed what appeared to be a clear victory for his party in local elections, providing a boost that could help him emerge from a spate of recent troubles. Erdogan was **t on the ballot in the countrywide polls, but with about half of the votes counted, Turkish newswires suggested that his party was significantly outstripping its results in the last local elections in 2009 and roundly beating the main opposition party.(AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister's Press ******)" border="0" />By Dasha Afanasieva ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's
policy of keeping its
Border with
Syria open despite the war there cost the ruling party control of the
Border province of Hatay in local elections at the weekend. Voters punished the government for a strategy they see as fuelling insecurity and hitting the eco**my - a striking upset amid a wave of victories for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's party in Sunday's polls. Thousands of people celebrated overnight in the old city center of Antakya, the ancient Antioch, and administrative capital of Hatay, honking car horns and waving the red flags of the main secularist opposition CHP as news of its victory emerged. Some climbed a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern secular republic, as music blared from car boots.
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Border province punishes Turkey's policy on Syria in polls
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