After election boost, Turkey's Erdogan may reward nationalists with cabinet jobs - sources


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Jun 2018

FILE PHOTO: Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli addresses his party MPs during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan could give his nationalist allies cabinet posts, sources said, rewarding their support for his AK Party in parliament and signalling a tough line against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria and militants at home.

Erdogan won 53 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, extending his rule until at least 2023 - but now with the sweeping executive powers that Turks narrowly backed in a referendum last year.

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