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President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party and its nationalist MHP allies had presented the draft election law, which included regulations on parliamentary seat distribution in istanbul Lawyer alliances between parties, to parliament on March 14.(Reporting by Daren Butler Editing by Chris Reese)