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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish PM returns mandate, Erdogan faces gov't puzzle for snap polls |
| 2015-08-19 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Having been tested as a political chess player on many occasions throughout his decades-long career, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... is facing another conundrum, as he is supposed to call for the formation of an interim power-sharing government with just days until the expiration of the Aug. 23 deadline to form a new government. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu returned the mandate to form a government to Erdogan during a 85-minute-long meeting late Aug. 18. Erdogan thanked Davutoglu for his efforts, which took 40 days, to form a coalition government. Hours before their meeting, Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chair Besir Atalay announced that the party had decided to hold its regular congress on Sept. 12. With speculation growing over whether Erdogan would give a new mandate to form a government to the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), which received the second highest number of votes in the June 7 election, in line with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's political customs, a contentious debate has also erupted on the probable requirement of forming of an interim government. |
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