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Turkey poised for snap November polls

2015-08-21 40 Dailymotion

Turkey is set to hold snap elections in November, with a temporary government to be formed in the meantime.<br /><br /> So says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the ruling AK party, which he founded, failed in efforts to form a coalition with opposition <br />groups after losing its majority.<br /><br /> “We will take our country to snap elections,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. <br /><br /> “The person tasked by me will form a caretaker government and cabinet with members of parliament and, if necessary, with members from outside parliament.<br /><br /> “And with this cabinet we will go to the polls. The date for the snap election is November 1. God willing, Turkey will go to the polls again.”<br /><br /> President Erdoğan announces plans to take #Turkey to early elections on Nov 1 http://t.co/VXxw9wuiME pic.twitter.com/fefZvkRPOt— Hurriyet Daily News (@HDNER) 21 Août 2015<br /><br /> The power-sharing interim administration looks set to be dominated by loyalists to President Erdogan and the Islamist-rooted AK Party.<br /><br /> It lost its majori

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