Turkish PM begins coalition talks with opposition parties
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has commenced talks aimed at forming a coalition government with the country’s main opposition parties.
Davutoglu met with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and other leaders of the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Monday, to discuss the possibility of forming a "grand coalition".
For the first time since coming to power in 2002, the prime minister’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fell short of securing sufficient votes during the June 7 elections to form a single government.
Davutoglu is scheduled to meet with leaders of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday and with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party on Wednesday, although no agreement is expected this week.
A collation between the AKP and the MHP is presumably the most likely option as both parties share a core conservative voter base in the center of the country, analysts say.
If the parties fail to form a coalition within the constitutional limit of 45 days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can call for snap elections.
The ruling party’s possible partners have all called for a diminished role for the president as a condition for any agreement.
"Bringing our president's legitimacy or prestige into question right now would sabotage coalition talks from the first" stage, Turkish media quoted Davutoglu as saying.
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