Turkey party loses majority in blow for Erdogan

Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party lost its absolute parliamentary majority in legislative elections on Sunday, dealing a severe blow to strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ambition to expand his powers. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the biggest share of the vote in the elections, but well down on the almost 50 percent it recorded in the previous 2011 polls. In a sensational result that shakes-up Turkey's political landscape, the pro-Kurdish People's De