Turkey heads for snap election

Turkey’s Prime Minister has ended attempts to form a coalition government, handing the mandate back to President Tayyip Erdogan and pushing the country closer to fresh elections
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Ahmet Davutoglu: Prime minister’s AKP party’s attempt to form coalition government with CHP fails after four weeks. Talks with MHP collapse over foreign policy and education issues

Tayyip Erdogan: Under terms of constitution President Erdogan must call new election in autumn if no government is formed by August 23
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Result of June 7 election

HDP: 80 seats. Peoples’ Democratic Party Left-wing, pro-Kurdish

CHP: 132 seats. Republican People’s Party Centre-left, secular

AKP: 258 seats. Justice and Development Party. Centre-right, Islamist leaning. Lost 53 seats in June election, mostly to HDP

MHP: 80 seats. Nationalist Movement Party Right-wing

550 seats 276 needed for majority
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Source: Anadolu Agency Pictures: Associated Press
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