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No deal in coalition talks to form gov't in Turkey

Xinhua, August 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) did not reach an agreement after talks aiming to form a coalition government on Thursday, local media reported.

The meeting between the AKP chairman, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu ended with negative result, local CnnTurk reported.

AKP and CHP representatives have held several preliminary talks since July, while the leaders of the two parties held two meetings on Monday and Thursday.

The AKP offered a short-term election government, which would enable snap elections in one year, but the CHP insisted on a long-term government, the CNNTurk reported.

Ahmet Davutoglu, the AKP leader and acting prime minister, was officially tasked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 9 to start rounds of negotiations with other political parties.

The Turkish president may call for a snap election if no parties agree on a workable coalition deal within a period of 45 days which will end in Aug. 23.

During June 7 national elections, no single party received the majority of seats in the parliament to form a single-party government, which made the ruling AKP unable to govern alone for the first time since it came to power in 2002. Endit