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How did Turkey's ruling party pull ahead in the elections?

Season 2015 Episode 3040 | 4m 30s

Turkey's President Erdogan and his AK Party appear to have gotten the majority they needed to regain control of parliament. NewsHour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Turkey with more on Sunday's elections.

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