Early Election Now Only Option for Turkey, Davutoglu Says
A mosque is reflected in a poster of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on June 4, 2015, in Istanbul.
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Turkey is headed for early elections after coalition negotiations with the opposition CHP party failed, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday. His comments sent the lira to a record low.
Davutoglu, who’s also head of the governing AK Party, told a televised news conference in Ankara that there were deep divisions on education and foreign policy with the opposition party. The AK Party offered to establish a coalition government that would rule only until new elections are held, a proposal that the CHP rejected, Davutoglu said.