Throw the rascals out.

This article focuses on general elections in Turkey. When Turks go to the polls on November 3rd, many will be seeking to punish those who have mismanaged and plundered their country for decades and last year brought it to the brink of economic collapse. Opinion polls agree that only two parties are assured of winning the mini mum 10% of the vote needed to win any seats at all. And the leader, by miles, is one that has never been in national power. This is the Justice and Development (AK) Party of Tayyip Erdogan. An ex-mayor of Istanbul, he himself has been banned from standing for Parliament, because he was once convicted of inciting religious hatred by reciting a poem to a public meeting. In contrast, the Democratic Left Party of Bulent Ecevit, the prime minister, who has been around for nearly four decades, and who is blamed for the economic trouble, is expected to score well below 5%, let alone 10%.