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parts o f Africa. This is unlawfully 
killing animals for their body parts, 
such as elephants’ tusks. Vultures 
will circle high in the air above 
a dead or dying animal. Armed 
guards, who try to stop the illegal 
animal killings, watch out for vul­
tures circling in the sky. This helps 
them to track the poachers. For this 
reason the poachers dislike vultures.
After shooting an animal and re­
moving its tusks or horns, poachers 
often poison the carcass. They do 
this to kill the vultures.
In some parts of Africa body 
parts from vultures are used in tra­
ditional medicines. Vultures flying 
into, or colliding with, power lines, 
is another problem. The BirdLife re­
port highlights all these dangers. If 
nothing is done to protect the birds, 
the report says, Africa’s vultures 
could all die out within the next 50 
to 100 years. □
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second
 
election
An election for Turkey’s parliament 
was held on 1st November. This was 
the country’s second election within 
five months. The last one took place 
in June. Then, the result was w hat’s 
known as a ‘hung parliament’. This 
is when no party has a majority, or 
more than half o f the seats.
Turkey’s parliament is in Ankara, 
the country’s capital city. Called the 
Grand National Assembly o f Tur­
key, it has 550 seats. Therefore, to 
win a majority a party must get at 
least 276 seats. In Turkey there are 
four main political parties: the Jus­
tice and Development Party (AKP), 
the Republican People’s 
Party 
(CHP), the Peoples’ Democratic 
Party (HDP), and the Nationalist 
Movement Party (MHP). Elections 
for Turkey’s parliament normally 
take place every four years. Usu­
ally, the prime minister is the party 
leader with the most seats.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan set up, 
or founded, the AKP 14 years ago. 
In the 2003 election the AKP got 
more seats than any other party. M r 
Erdogan became the country’s prime 
minister. The AKP won the next 
two elections. In the 2011 election

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