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Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People's Party, spends most of his time attacking laws that could help Turkey's bid for EU membership.
ECONOMIST: Turkey and the West
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Two other parties won seats, the opposition and secular Republican People's Party (CHP) won 112 seats and the right-wing Nationalist Action Party (MHP) got 71.
ECONOMIST: The ruling party does surprisingly well
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"Don't forget that a person's religion is the religion of his friend, " the prime minister said of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the opposition leader, who like many of his sect, is a member of Turkey's secular Republican People's party.
WSJ: Turkey's Shiites Fear Contagion