VOA慢速英语：埃尔多安成土耳其大选“赢家”

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

上周日土耳其选举中，以土耳其总统埃尔多安为首领导的正义与发展党（AKP）重获多数选票。

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

正义与发展党是土耳其的社会保守党。它宣称有近50％的选票，并在由550名成员组成的议会中赢得了316个席位。

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.

对于正义与发展党而言，为获得多数选票，必须赢得276个席位。

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

共和人民党赢得25%的选票。

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

在土耳其大选期间，安全是很重要的一环。在时长为9小时的投票期间，超过38万5千名警察在街上巡逻。

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

周日晚间，土耳其外交部长达武特奥卢要求团结一致。他呼吁市民为“政治归一化的崭新土耳其”做好准备。

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

大选前，土耳其局势高度紧张。以总统埃尔多安为首的政府与亲库尔德左派人士、女权主义者和库尔德民族主义者发生冲突。

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!

周日的选举结果引发了迪亚巴克尔城市的抗议活动，该城市主要为库尔德人聚居区，位于土耳其东南部。在土耳其东南部，政府安全部队向抗议者发射催泪瓦斯。埃尔多安向东南部库尔德人回应道：“暴力与民主不能共存”。

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

自由亲库尔德人民民主党（HDP）、国民运动党（MHP）与共和人民党将在议会中占据席位。

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

正义与发展党在议会中失去多数席位五个月之后，最终获得胜利。该政党在议会中拥有大多数席位已超过十年之久。

I'm Mario Ritter.

我是马里奥• 里特。

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

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