4:3 PM Erdogan wins 3rd term

Описание: (12 Jun 2011) SHOTLIST
++ NIGHTSHOTS++
1. Wide of thousands of supporters of the Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gathered in front of party headquarters, cheering
2. Supporters waving flags as they wait for Erdogan to appear at the balcony
3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"We are very happy that we managed to boost votes from 16 million to 21 million in four years since July 2007."
4. Various wide shots of crowd
5. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"Believe me, Sarajevo won today as much as Istanbul, Beirut won as much as Izmir, Damascus won as much as Ankara, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, the West Bank, Jerusalem won as much as Diyarbakir."
6. Various of cheering, flag-waving crowd
7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"There is no doubt that everybody will keep living in peace, trust and security, it doesn't matter which party they gave their vote. The things we have done are the guarantees that the things we will do."
8. Cutaways of crowd
9. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"We are going to construct a civil, participative, liberal constitution all together. Everybody will find himself or herself in this constitution. East will find himself, west will find himself, north and south will find himself. Finally my people will say 'yes, this is my constitution'."
10. Erdogan leaving after speech UPSOUND: Music
11. Wide of crowd UPSOUND: Music
12. Erdogan family saluting the crowd from the balcony of the party headquarters
STORYLINE
Turkey's ruling party surged to a third term in parliamentary elections Sunday, setting the stage for the rising regional power to pursue trademark economic growth, assertive diplomacy and an overhaul of the military-era constitution.
The Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, however, fell short of a two-thirds majority in parliament, a shortcoming that will force it to seek support for constitutional change from other political groups.
Thousands of ecstatic supporters however gathered undeterred in front of the ruling party headquarters in Ankara, chanting slogans and waving Turkish flags as Erdogan delivered his victory speech.
Erdogan's party won 50 percent of the votes, according to TRT, the state-run television.
It said the Republican People's Party, the main opposition group, had 26 percent of the vote.
TRT said another opposition party, the Nationalist Action Party, had 13 percent, signalling it would stay in parliament by crossing a 10 percent vote threshold designed to keep out smaller parties.
According to the tally, the ruling party won 325 seats in the 550-seat parliament, a comfortable majority that ensures the continuation of its single-party rule.
Turkey, a NATO ally with a mostly Muslim population, stands out in a region buffeted by popular uprisings as a power with traditional Western alliances and growing ties in the east and elsewhere.
The government says it seeks to craft a Western-style democracy and join the European Union, but its Islamic roots are a source of suspicion among secular circles that once dominated Turkey with military help.
In his victory speech, Erdogan alluded to Turkey's ambitions as a regional leader and voice for Muslims, declaring Bosnians, Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians would benefit from the election as much as Turks.
Erdogan has promised that a new constitution would be more democratic than the one implemented under the tutelage of the military in 1982.

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