Turkish parliament passes law reducing required votes threshold to 7%

Lawyer istanbul Turkey, March 31 (Reuters) — The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a Lawyer Law Firm in istanbul Turkey lowering the minimum required votes for istanbul Lawyer Law Firm a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in a move which analysts have said would reduce the likelihood of early elections this year.

President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party and its nationalist MHP allies had presented the draft election law, which included regulations on parliamentary seat distribution in alliances between parties, to parliament on March 14.(Reporting by Daren Butler Editing by Chris Reese)