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Photos Capture Celebrations In Turkey After Election Results Come In

Scenes From Celebrations In Turkey After Election Results Roll In
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Turkish citizens headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in parliamentary elections that were seen as a referendum on the growing power of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP.

As preliminary results rolled in later in the day, polls indicated that the AKP could lose its single majority and that the main Kurdish party, the HDP, had surpassed the 10 percent vote threshold required to be represented in parliament.

The tally seems to signal a huge blow to Erdogan's efforts to imbue the office of the presidency with more influence, and an end to 12 years of single-party rule in Turkey.

Elated supporters of the HDP filled the streets in the city of Diyarbakir after seeing the results, lighting flares and celebrating outside the party headquarters.

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Historic Vote In Turkey
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate the results of the legislative election in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. (ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ILYAS AKENGIN via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave flags and shout slogans as the party's leader and Turkish Prime Minister delivers a speech from the balcony of the Justice and Development Party headquarters, after the legislative elections in Ankara on June 7, 2015. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave flags and shout slogans as the party's leader and Turkish Prime Minister delivers a speech from the balcony of the Justice and Development Party headquarters, after the legislative elections in Ankara on June 7, 2015. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave flags and shout slogans as the party's leader and Turkish Prime Minister delivers a speech from the balcony of the Justice and Development Party headquarters, after the legislative elections in Ankara on June 7, 2015. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) and his wife Sare wave towards supporters and militants of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the balcony of the Justice and Development Party headquarters, after the legislative elections in Ankara on June 7, 2015. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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Supporters wave Turkish flags and shout slogans outside the AK Party headquarters June 7, 2015 in Ankara, Turkey. (Gokhan Tan/Getty Images) (credit:Gokhan Tan via Getty Images)
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Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate in the streets of Diyarbakir following the results of the Turkish legislative elections on June 7, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Justice and Development Party (AKP) supporters light flares at Istanbul`s AKP headquarters on June 7, 2015. (YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YASIN AKGUL via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate early election results in Diyarbakir, Turkey, June 7, 2015. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images) (credit:Burak Kara via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate early election results in Diyarbakir, Turkey, June 7, 2015. Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images) (credit:Burak Kara via Getty Images)
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Supporters watch voting results outside the ruling AK Party headquarters June 7, 2015 in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Tan/Getty Images) (credit:Gokhan Tan via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) stand on a car as they celebrate in the streets the results of the legislative election, in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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A supporter of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) holds a poster of HDP's leader as he celebrates with friends the results of the legislative election, in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate early election results June 7, 2015 in Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images) (credit:Burak Kara via Getty Images)
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Young supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate in the streets the results of the legislative election, in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate in the streets the first results of the legislative election, near to the HDP's headquarters in Istanbul on June 7, 2015. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) celebrate in the streets the first results of the legislative election, near to the HDP's headquarters in Istanbul on June 7, 2015. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
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