Turkey ruling party has big lead before June vote

Turkey's ruling AK Party, led by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, is well ahead of its rivals in the run-up to a parliamentary election in June, an opinion poll published on Thursday said.

The survey, conducted by pollsters Genar for the Sabah newspaper, showed Erdogan's AK Party, on 46.4% of the vote, with the main secular opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), on 24.3%. The ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) had backing from 13.4%. (Reuters)