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| Turkish PM, asked to form govt, vows quick start on coalition talks |
| 2015-07-10 |
| [Al Ahram] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed a quick start to coalition talks on Thursday, after President Tayyip Erdogan instructed him to form a new government more than a month after an election deprived their AK Party of a parliamentary majority. Opposition politicians had accused Erdogan, a founder of the AKP and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's most popular - and polarising - political figure, of deliberately delaying the process to push for a snap election he hopes might see the AKP regain a majority. Erdogan gave Davutoglu the mandate to form a new government during a meeting in his palace in Ankara, the presidency said. Political parties now have 45 days to form a new government or face the prospect of a re-run. The June 7 vote left the AKP unable to rule alone for the first time in over a decade, plunging Turkey into political uncertainty not seen since the 1990s and thwarting, for now, Erdogan's ambition to amass greater power. Davutoglu told AKP members in parliament he planned to hold a first round of coalition talks next week. Sources in his office said he would meet all three opposition parties and that the first round would be concluded by next Wednesday. |
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