| Author (Corporate) | Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
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| Publisher | Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
| Publication Date | 10/07/2015 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog, News |
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On 9 July 2015 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally asked the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to try to form a new government. The long 33 day gap between the 7 June 2015 elections, in which the AKP failed to retain its parliamentary majority in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) for the first time since it came into office in November 2002, and the formal beginning of the search for a new government is unprecedented in Turkish political history. Accordingly, it had intensified speculation that Erdogan’s clear preference was for early elections, which he hoped would produce a more favourable result, instead of the formation of a coalition government. |
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| Source Link | http://csis.org/publication/davutoglu-begins-effort-form-coalition-government |
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| Countries / Regions | Turkey |
