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Events on Sunday 3 November 2002 1
2002AKP wins Turkish general electionErdogan's party sweeps to powerThe Justice and Development Party, founded a year earlier by Recep Tayyip Erdogan and allies from a banned Islamist movement, won a large parliamentary majority in Turkey's election on 3 November 2002. Only one other party cleared the 10 percent threshold. The result began an era of AKP dominance that reshaped Turkish politics.