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(Adds details.) ANKARA (AFP)--Turks voted Sunday in local elections marred by deadly violence in a poll seen as a test of popularity for the Islamist-rooted ruling party, which narrowly escaped being banned last year.

(Adds details.) ANKARA (AFP)--Turks voted Sunday in local elections marred by deadly violence in a poll seen as a test of popularity for the Islamist-rooted ruling party, which narrowly escaped being banned last year.

ANKARA - Four people were killed and more than 50 injured as a number of fights broke out in Turkey during Sunday’s local elections, the Dogan news agency reported.

I’ve just read the press release by the LGBTT Rights Platform ( link here ), posted on the Kaos GL website: Homophobic and transphobic violence doesn’t stop: Assault in Eskiþehir, murders in Bursa and Edirne! A transsexual woman was attacked and beaten in Eskisehir. A transsexual woman was found her head cut in Bursa. A man has been killed by his friend on the claim that he asked for sexual intercourse. There is still no word from the authorities about the cases of Ahmet Yildiz who w

ANKARA (AFP)--Turks began voting Sunday in local elections seen as electoral test of the ruling Islamist-rooted party that most observers think it will pass with ease.