If however Erdogan uses his right to call the election himself, a so-called “election government” will be formed until the polls, consisting of members from all four parties represented in parliament.
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Erdogan appears to be betting that a new ballot could revive the fortunes of the Islamic-rooted party, which he founded and led for more than a decade.
The ruling AK Party, which Erdogan founded, in June suffered its biggest election setback since coming to power in 2002, failing to win a single-party majority for the first time, plunging Turkey into uncertainty not seen since the fragile coalition governments of the 1990s.
However, the CHP has now withdrawn in cooperation, following in the footsteps of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), whose leader Devlet Bahceli has said his party would not take part in an interim government.
Their closed-door meeting began at 1700 GMT at Erdogan’s presidential palace in Ankara, NTV television said.
Now, with less than five days to go before the deadline to form a coalition government expires, early parliamentary election seems a strong possibility.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, which opposes such a change, has proposed a referendum to determine whether the Turkish public wants the president’s constitutional powers strengthened.
“Escalating violence may chip away at support for the HDP in the west of the country”, said Naci Sapan, who analyzes Kurdish politics at the Tigris Communal Research Center in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
The government rejects any political motivation behind the military strikes, insisting that the operations were launched in response to PKK attacks on police and the military.
According to Turkish media, it was the first IS video in which the jihadist group directly called for missions in Turkey, urging Turks to help IS in establishing a caliphate.
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Worries created by the failure of negotiations for a political coalition were compounded by the ISIS video threat aimed at Mr Erdogan and his cohorts. At least 94 people have been killed since July 22. “Turkey’s role in supporting Ahrar illustrates how Turkey has compromised its ambitious policy goals in Syria and raises questions about Ankara’s reported planned intervention in Aleppo to carve out a “safe zone” along its border with Syria“. You will make the choice.
