Support for Turkey’s ruling AK Party declinesDecember 25, 2012 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A survey conducted by the Konsensus Research and Consultancy Company for the Habertürk daily has shown a slight decline in support for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in local elections in comparison to the results of the previous survey, Today’s Zaman reported. Turkey will hold local elections in the fall of 2013. The survey was conducted among 1,500 people across 81 provinces. When asked “Which party would you vote for in the local elections?” 50.4 percent of the respondents said they would vote for the AK Party, 27.9 percent said the Republican People's Party (CHP) while 13 percent of the respondents said they would vote for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The Konsensus had conducted another survey in September asking some of the same questions including the voting tendencies for local elections. At that time, 53.2 percent of the participants said they would vote for the ruling AK Party. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. |