Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress

[WorldNews]

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By Gulsen Solaker and Mert Ozkan ANKARA (Reuters) - Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey's nationalist opposition from holding a party congress that could jeopardize President Tayyip Erdogan's plans for more power. Several hundred members of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have launched a bid to oust Devlet Bahceli, leader for much of the last two decades. The AK Party needs the MHP's support to change the constitution to give Erdogan more powers.

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