The Justice and Development Party (AKP) will meet the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and if the parliament does not go to early elections, then he will seek ways for snap elections, Erdoğan stated.
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The chances of a positive outcome were viewed to be slim.
“In terms of forging a coalition government between the AK Party and the MHP, it is a significant advantage that the two parties’ electoral bases are very close to each other”, he told Anadolu Agency.
The AKP and MHP will have talks and they may agree on a coalition government for a long-term period or for early elections. A similar proposal may be offered to the MHP. “We would reject this”, MHP Deputy Chairman Mevlut Karakaya told Reuters that unless the AKP was prepared to accept nationalist conditions for a full coalition there was little point even negotiating. Bahceli said he still hoped for a coalition but did not favor the idea of a minority government.
Davutoglu requested the meeting with Bahceli following the failed talks between the AK Party and the CHP.
Turkey has had a hung parliament since the June 7th general election, where the AK Party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power in 2002. But with the conflict with the PKK Kurdish rebel group escalating, pressure to form a coalition government is growing, although large obstacles remain. He said Erdoğan and those in government have gotten so caught up in their lust for power that they are no longer capable of running the country.
Davutoglu said he would now consult members of his party and Erdogan on possible next steps.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan releases a bird during an opening ceremony for a new mosque in the Black Sea town of Rize, Turkey.
