Erdogan’s Electoral Setback Sends Turkish Markets Tumbling
Sunday’s Turkish election saw voters put a stop to the president’s bid to amass power, but investors fear a new period of political uncertainty will hurt the economy.
Matt Mossman
June 9, 2015
Supporters of the Peoples' Democratic Party, also known as HDP, wave flags during a pre election rally with a speech by party leader Selahattin Demirta, not pictured, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Opinion polls show the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party on a knife-edge, skirting with the threshold needed to gain representation in the legislature. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg
Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg
