The official phase of the coalition talks to form a new Turkish government after the June 7 election is expected to start next week
As the new Turkish parliament convenes on June 23, the chances are getting high for the formation of a grand coalition in Turkey, since no party gained the necessary majority to form a single party government in the June 7 election
It will soon be clear, perhaps within weeks, whether a coalition government will be formed in Turkey, preventing the country from being dragged to another election this year
In a ceremony in Istanbul on June 21 where Reza Zarrab, the Iranian-Turkish businessman who had been accused of bribing four Turkish ministers, was awarded as one of the most successful exporters of Turkey, President Tayyip Erdoğan urged once again for the parties to form a coalition quickly or he would call for early elections
Demirel’s passing closes a page in Turkish politics. A new one may open through current coalition talks
Is there any other politician in the world who was overthrown by the military twice and then elected again to the country’s top posts by the people?
Kurdish forces’ capture of Tel Abyad, previously a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has coincided with the unfortunate June 16 confirmation of the death sentence for Mohamad Morsi, the first elected but toppled former president of Egypt.
Turkey’s social democratic Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu revealed a 14-point list of principles for a coalition government on June 15.
“President Abdullah Gül did not approve the government’s foreign policy, especially on Syria and Egypt. He thought that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had gone too far by acting as if they were the prime minister and foreign minister of Egypt and Syria, which was against Turkey’s best interests. He (Gül) said this to the face of Davutoğlu a number of times.”
