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Turkish elections on Sunday returned a majority to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

上周日土耳其選舉中，以土耳其總統(tǒng)埃爾多安為首領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的正義與發(fā)展黨（AKP）重獲多數(shù)選票。

AKP is Turkey's socially conservative party. It claimed nearly 50 percent of the vote, and won 316 seats of the 550-member parliament.

正義與發(fā)展黨是土耳其的社會保守黨。它宣稱有近50％的選票，并在由550名成員組成的議會中贏得了316個席位。

People wave flags and hold a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate the ruling AK Party's election win, in Ankara, Turkey Nov. 2, 2015.

For AKP to gain a majority, 276 seats had to be won.

對于正義與發(fā)展黨而言，為獲得多數(shù)選票，必須贏得276個席位。

The Republican People's Party (CHP) took 25 percent of the vote.

共和人民黨贏得25%的選票。

Security was high in Turkey during the election. More than 385,000 police patrolled the streets for the nine hours of voting.

在土耳其大選期間，安全是很重要的一環(huán)。在時長為9小時的投票期間，超過38萬5千名警察在街上巡邏。

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu asked for unity late Sunday. He called for citizens to prepare for "a new Turkey in which politics are normalized."

周日晚間，土耳其外交部長達(dá)武特奧盧要求團(tuán)結(jié)一致。他呼吁市民為“政治歸一化的嶄新土耳其”做好準(zhǔn)備。

Tensions were high before the election. President Erdogan's government clashed with pro-Kurdish leftists, feminists and nationalist Kurds.

大選前，土耳其局勢高度緊張。以總統(tǒng)埃爾多安為首的政府與親庫爾德左派人士、女權(quán)主義者和庫爾德民族主義者發(fā)生沖突。

Sunday's results sparked protests in southeastern Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. Government security forces fired tear gas at protesters in southeast Turkey. Erdogan responded with a message to the Kurds in the southeast that "violence cannot coexist with democracy." Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

周日的選舉結(jié)果引發(fā)了迪亞巴克爾城市的抗議活動，該城市主要為庫爾德人聚居區(qū)，位于土耳其東南部。在土耳其東南部，政府安全部隊向抗議者發(fā)射催淚瓦斯。埃爾多安向東南部庫爾德人回應(yīng)道：“暴力與民主不能共存”。

The liberal pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) along with the CHP will be seated in the assembly.

自由親庫爾德人民民主黨（HDP）、國民運動黨（MHP）與共和人民黨將在議會中占據(jù)席位。

The victory came five months after AKP lost its majority in parliament. The party held that majority for more than 10 years.

正義與發(fā)展黨在議會中失去多數(shù)席位五個月之后，最終獲得勝利。該政黨在議會中擁有大多數(shù)席位已超過十年之久。

I'm Mario Ritter.

我是馬里奧• 里特。

Jim Dresbach adapted this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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