Turkey Voting in Second Elections Amid Economic, Political Uncertainty

Votes are being cast in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Turkey that could determine whether the country's ruling party can win back its years-long majority. Thousands of polling stations opened after dawn in eastern Turkey (7 a.m. local time, 0400 UTC), with stations opening an hour later in western Turkey. Sunday's vote is the second in five months, called by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his Justice and Development Party (AKP) surprisingly lost its majority in...

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