Article: Turkey's Coalition Government Wins Vote of

Turkey's new coalition government formed by the Motherland Party (ANAP) and the True Path Party (DYP) won a vote of confidence in parliament today.

The minority coalition government led by ANAP Chairman Mesut Yilmaz obtained 257 votes in the 550-seat parliament while 207 deputies from pro-Islamic Welfare Party (RP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) voted against the government.

At the same time, 80 deputies from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and Great Union Party (BBP) abstained at the balloting as a support to the coalition government.

Under the protocol of the formation of the coalition government,

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