ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party was heading for a clear victory in Sunday's local elections after nearly a quarter of the vote had been counted, according to private broadcasters.
The AK Party won 40.6 percent of the vote in provincial assemblies, CNN Turk and NTV said, a result that would hand Erdogan a fresh mandate to press on with political and economic reforms in the European Union candidate country.
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