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| Turkey PM Davutoglu abandons MHP coalition bid | Turkey PM Davutoglu abandons MHP coalition bid |
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| Turkey's prime minister has said he has exhausted all options to form a coalition government after talks with the nationalist MHP failed, pushing the country closer to fresh elections. | Turkey's prime minister has said he has exhausted all options to form a coalition government after talks with the nationalist MHP failed, pushing the country closer to fresh elections. |
| Ahmet Davutoglu was expected to return the mandate to the president. | |
| The main opposition CHP says it should now be given the chance to form a new government. | The main opposition CHP says it should now be given the chance to form a new government. |
| The political uncertainty comes amid rising violence in Turkey and neighbouring Iraq and Syria. | The political uncertainty comes amid rising violence in Turkey and neighbouring Iraq and Syria. |
| Mr Davutoglu's AK Party lost its 12-year majority rule in Turkey in elections in June largely because of the success of the pro-Kurdish HDP. | Mr Davutoglu's AK Party lost its 12-year majority rule in Turkey in elections in June largely because of the success of the pro-Kurdish HDP. |
| The AKP's coalition talks with the CHP failed last week. | The AKP's coalition talks with the CHP failed last week. |
| 'No ground' | 'No ground' |
| Speaking after negotiations with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli on Monday, the prime minister said: "I believe that I shared every possible option with the opposition parties. | Speaking after negotiations with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli on Monday, the prime minister said: "I believe that I shared every possible option with the opposition parties. |
| "Today we discussed four options but there is no ground to take new steps. | "Today we discussed four options but there is no ground to take new steps. |
| "I will meet the president and I will return the mandate if necessary after liaising with him." | "I will meet the president and I will return the mandate if necessary after liaising with him." |
| Although Mr Davutoglu's AKP secured 41% in the 7 June election, it had to seek support from a rival party to form a coalition, but failed to find agreement with the CHP on foreign policy and education matters. | Although Mr Davutoglu's AKP secured 41% in the 7 June election, it had to seek support from a rival party to form a coalition, but failed to find agreement with the CHP on foreign policy and education matters. |
| Correspondents say the CHP is unlikely to secure the support it needs from both the MHP and the HDP to form a coalition of its own, making fresh elections in November a more likely outcome. | Correspondents say the CHP is unlikely to secure the support it needs from both the MHP and the HDP to form a coalition of its own, making fresh elections in November a more likely outcome. |
| Meanwhile HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas has reportedly called for a referendum, as part of any new vote, on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ambitions to bolster the powers of the Turkish presidency. | Meanwhile HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas has reportedly called for a referendum, as part of any new vote, on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ambitions to bolster the powers of the Turkish presidency. |
| The AKP's reduced share of the vote in June appeared to have scuppered Mr Erdogan's plan to turn the country into a presidential republic, but it is likely to become an issue again in any new election campaign. | The AKP's reduced share of the vote in June appeared to have scuppered Mr Erdogan's plan to turn the country into a presidential republic, but it is likely to become an issue again in any new election campaign. |
| President Erdogan, for many years Turkey's AKP prime minister, has accused the HDP of being the Kurdish rebels' political wing. | President Erdogan, for many years Turkey's AKP prime minister, has accused the HDP of being the Kurdish rebels' political wing. |
| Turkey's uneasy two-year ceasefire with the PKK fell apart last month, after a suicide bomb blamed on IS killed 32 young activists in the largely Kurdish city of Suruc, close to the Syrian border. | Turkey's uneasy two-year ceasefire with the PKK fell apart last month, after a suicide bomb blamed on IS killed 32 young activists in the largely Kurdish city of Suruc, close to the Syrian border. |
| In recent weeks Turkish forces have carried out attacks on militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and have bombed Kurdish PKK camps mainly in northern Iraq. | In recent weeks Turkish forces have carried out attacks on militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and have bombed Kurdish PKK camps mainly in northern Iraq. |