Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 22
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Ismail Kahraman, nominated by the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey has been elected Turkey’s parliament speaker, TRT Haber news channel reported November 22.
Earlier, the first and second rounds of voting for the speaker candidates were held in Turkey’s parliament.
In the third round of voting Ismail Kahraman received 316 votes.
The Justice and Development Party garnered 49.41 percent of votes in the parliamentary election held in Turkey Nov. 1.
Republican People's Party (CHP) gathered 25.38 percent of votes, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) – 11.93 percent, Democratic People's Party (HDP) – 10.7 percent.
The remaining political parties garnered 2.58 percent of votes.
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