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Daily Video November 03 2015

In Turkish election, victory for democracy or shift toward autocracy?

After several months of instability and in the midst of security threats from the Islamic State and internal divisions, Turkey reelected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s A.K. Party Sunday.

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