The Davutoglu – Kilicdaroglu meeting had been preceded by several meetings of the two parties’ delegations which explored common grounds likely to facilitate the formation of a coalition government but they left several tough issues to the leaders to decide on.
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The prime minister’s remarks came after Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta’s call on the Turkish government and the PKK to resume their ceasefire before visiting the family of a slain soldier.
“No remaining choice was reached”, stated Omer Celik, the tradition minister and member of the ruling social gathering, including that the 2 leaders would meet once more both on Thursday or on Friday to make a “ultimate evaluation” on a attainable coalition.
Asked about reports that the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) had requested Monday a meeting with the AK Party, Davutoglu said he would not avoid talking to any party and could meet with the MHP “if such a need arises”.
He also urged the two parties to hold coalition negotiations “without behaving reluctantly or having imaginary discussions involving infertile standoffs”.
“The CHP is close to a coalition if its political counterpart comes close to the 14 principles; if they [AK Party] get away from these principles, we will also move away”, Ozel told reporters at the parliament Monday.
Haluk Koc, the party’s deputy chairman and spokesperson, said in a written statement that the board supported “a reform-oriented and high-profile coalition government”.
“For two parties who are politically opposed to reach a consensus requires great effort”, Celik said.
Turkey’s AK Party has gained support in the last two months and could recover the absolute majority it lost in June, if a snap parliamentary election were held immediately, Turkish pollster MAK found in its latest survey.
If Erdogan issues the decision, the polling is expected in the first Sunday following a 90-day period starting from the end of the first deadline.
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Since 2002, the AK Party won three general elections to continue a single-party rule for well over a decade, which ended after the June 7 elections this year produced no majority government.
