Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has completed his “exploratory” talks with the leaders of other three parties for the next stage of coalition talks.
It was two consecutive moves by Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chairman of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who changed the course of Turkish politics as it was heading for the June 7 elections.
The deal reached between Iran and the major world powers over Iran’s nuclear program on July 14 is a historical breakthrough which has the potential to change political and economic balances not only in the Middle East but also in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The first contact in Turkey’s official coalition talks took place on July 13 as PM Davutoğlu and his team visited CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at the latter’s party headquarters.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu made an unexpected move while answering reporters’ question on his way back from Bosnia on July 11 regarding the coalition talks to start this week.
A “blame game” has started after political scientist and columnist Mümtazer Türköne wrote an article in daily Zaman 10 days ago with the title “Is Islamism finished?” referring to the Islamist movement in Turkey.
One month and three days after Turkey’s general election, President Tayyip Erdoğan has finally given the mandate to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to form a new government
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s statement on July 7 in the eastern city of Van about the continuation of the Kurdish peace bid by the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government has taken the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) out of coalition scenarios
One month after Turkey’s general election, in which the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) lost its ability to establish a single-party government, coalition talks have still yet to start, amid protests from two opposition parties
