ISTANBUL: A week ahead of Turkey's second election in five months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party is working overtime in its quest to claw back its parliamentary majority, in a climate of tension fuelled by the Ankara attacks and the Kurdish conflict.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), called on supporters at a campaign rally Sunday to defy the opinion polls that predict a replay on November 1 of the inconclusive June vote.

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