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Turkey's Erdogan indicates May elections to go ahead despite quake

Analysts say Turkey's forthcoming elections represent the biggest political challenge yet to the country's longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Burhan Ozbilici, AP file photo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that his government still intends to hold elections a month earlier than scheduled despite an earthquake last month that devastated parts of southern Turkey.

In an address to legislators of his ruling party, Erdogan chided critics of the government’s handling of the earthquake's aftermath and said the people would give their response to those critics on May 14 – the election date his ruling party had tentatively set for before the deadly tremor hit.

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