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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(gè)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(gè)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(shí)長為9小時(shí)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(duì)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(yùn)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(gè)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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