By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests. Huseyin Celik, deputy chairman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party founded by Erdogan just over a decade ago, said local and presidential elections would be held next year as planned, and a general election in 2015. "The government is running like clockwork. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-rules-early-polls-thousands-defy-call-end-002534861.html

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