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1st LD: Turkish PM resigns after ruling AKP loses parliament majority in election

Xinhua, June 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday tendered his resignation to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while the council of ministers would fulfill its duty till a new government is formed, a presidential statement said.

The Turkish president accepted the resignation of the cabinet presented by Davutoglu, the statement added.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the parliamentary elections on Sunday by winning 40.86 percent of the votes, securing 258 seats in the parliament.

The AKP's loss of a majority in the parliament has paved the way for either a coalition government or an interim minority government that is slated to take the nation to an early election, analysts said. Endit