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Erdogan says Turkey to hold early elections June 24

Published April 18, 2018 Updated April 18, 2018 04:33pm

"As result of consultations with Mr Bahceli, we decided to hold elections on June 24, 2018, a Sunday," Erdogan said in an address at his presidential palace after meting Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chief Devlet Bahceli.

Both presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on the same day. They had originally been scheduled to be held on November 3, 2019.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018