A supporter of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) waves a poster of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, during an election rally in the district of Kadikoy in Istanbul on June 6, 2015. -AFP
ISTANBUL: Turks vote Sunday in the most-closely fought legislative elections since the Islamic-rooted ruling party came to power over a decade ago, in a crucial test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plan for a new constitution to give him greater powers.
The election is taking place under the shadow of violence after two people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a rally of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday.
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