The Turkish parliament on March 31 approved amendments to the election law, lowering the election threshold for political parties to earn seats in Parliament from 10 to 7 percent.
The military government in the aftermath of the 1980 coup d’état had introduced the 10% election barrier, which is the highest in the European continent, in a bid to maintain political stability.
The alliance the opposition are part of already garners more than 7%.
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