Hundreds of thousands of Turks rally for Prime Minister Erdogan

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Source: CCTV.com | 07-16-2007 14:47

People attend the rally of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY)

Turkey will hold a general election on July the 22nd. Opinion polls point to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted, center-right AK Party winning the most votes.

Hundreds of thousands of Turks rallied in support of the prime minister. Erdogan told the rally his party will win more than 40% of the vote enough for it to form a government.

Erdogan urged people to vote for the pro-business AK Party for continued economic and political stability in the country.

Turkey's financial market has soared in the past week partly on the assumption the AK Party will stay in power but not get the 367 seats needed to change the constitution.

Editor:Du Xiaodan