Foreign media: "Erdogan scores again"

The foreign media yesterday hailed the third straight general election victory of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AK Party). French daily Liberation said a significant majority had made Erdogan Turkey's "new sultan." Britain's The Guardian said Erdogan "boasts an election-winning record of which other European leaders can only dream." while the New York Times said Erdogan had succeeded again. Spain's El Pais said that Turkey is a model for the Arab world.