Turkish MPs Sworn in as Coalition Questions Loom

Turkey's parliament reconvened Tuesday with a swearing-in ceremony for the newly-elected deputies following the June 7 general election. Although the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, lost its parliamentary majority, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to give AKP leader Ahmet Davutoglu a mandate to form a coalition government. With a civil war raging next door in Syria and economic concerns growing inside the country,...

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