Turkey coalition govt. talks fail, snap elections imminent
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has officially announced his failure to form a coalition government after his talks with opposition parties did not deliver any practical results.
On Tuesday, Davutoglu met with the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, officially returning the presidential order for the establishment of a coalition government.
"The prime minister told President Erdogan that despite all efforts he was unable to form a government that could win a vote of confidence," read a presidential statement, adding, "President Erdogan thanked the prime minister for his efforts.”
Davutoglu, as the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), had held meetings with the representatives of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which ranked second and third respectively in the country’s legislative polls in June.
The talks turned out to be futile after the opposition parties voiced their unwillingness to form a government with the ruling AKP.
This is the first time in the Turkish history that a major party fails to convince the opposition to take part in a coalition government. The AKP fell short of securing sufficient votes during the June 7 elections to form a single-party government after 13 years of unrivaled ruling.
Under the Turkish constitution, the president can now refer to another party the mandate to form a coalition government by an August 23 deadline, or in a more probable move, can call snap elections in a bid to end the political impasse in the country.
Imminent snap polls would obligate Erdogan to form an acting "election government" with members from the four parties present in the Turkish parliament.
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