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At Turkey’s general elections of June 2011, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 50% of the overall vote and was the first time that a ruling party in Turkey has increased its vote in a third term. In the medium-term its biggest challenges will be drafting a new constitution, stabilizing the economy, and negotiating changing regional relationships, but in the short-term it needs to diffuse a crisis over MPs boycotting parliament.