土耳其星期天舉行議會選舉

Voters in Turkey are deciding Sunday whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will get another term, and possibly reform the constitution in a manner that might give him more power.

Sunday's vote is considered one country's tightest parliamentary elections in years. Despite a slump in the popularity of Mr. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, some voters and a pollster believe the party will not lose its power.

"Lately violence and breach of law, especially by Erdogan, caused a public reaction. I think that's the reason of the decrease and I think it could have been even lower but my guess is that people didn't think the opposition party was ready to take the lead."

Voters from the Peoples' Democratic Party, which represents Turkey's Kurdish minority, will be crucial in determining whether Mr. Erdogan’s AKP party gets the super-majority it seeks of the 550 seats in parliament.

If successful, the AKP is expected to seek changes to the constitution to give the president more power.

"When we wake up Monday morning, I hope everyone will be happy and satisfied with the results of the election."

Polls have indicated the AKP vote could be well below the almost 50 percent tally it reaped in the last elections in 2011. It may even need to form a coalition.土耳其星期天舉行議會選舉，投票結果將決定埃爾多安總統是否連任以及是否有可能改革憲法，擴大總統的權力。

星期天的議會選舉被認爲是多年來最緊張的一次。儘管埃爾多安的正義與發展黨人氣低迷，但一些選民和民意調查認爲該黨不會失去權力。

民調人員塔爾汗·埃德姆說，最近的暴力和違法行爲，特別是埃爾多安的一些被視爲違法的行爲引起了公衆反應，所以執政黨支持率下降，但是人們並不認爲反對黨具備領導能力。

代表土耳其庫爾德少數民族的人民民主黨的投票是此次選舉的關鍵。他們的投票將決定埃爾多安的政黨能否獲得議會550個席位的三分之二絕對多數。

如果得到這樣的超級多數，預計正義與發展黨將尋求修改憲法，給總統更多權力。

一位土耳其選民說，希望大家星期一醒來的時候對選舉結果感到高興和滿意。

最近的民調結果顯示，正義與發展黨這次的得票率可能大大低於2011年的近50%的得票率。該黨甚至可能不得不組成聯合政府。