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Justice and Development Party delegation meets with Republican People’s Party members for the fourth time<\/p>\n
Coalition talks between Turkey’s Justice and Development (AK) Party and Republican People’s Party (CHP) neared their end on Saturday as the delegates prepared to report to their leaders next week.
\nThe meeting in Ankara was the fourth between the parties in the latest round of negotiations. If their leaders agree with the way the discussions have progressed, the parties will meet for a final stage to discuss the mechanics of forming a government.
\n\u201cAs the largest two parties in parliament, representing 65 percent of the nation with 389 deputies, we came together today in search of a high-profile and large coalition,\u201d CHP Deputy Chairman Haluk Koc said.
\nHe described the possible government as \u201cone that has the potential to eliminate the big threats facing Turkey today as well as solve the problems that have accumulated so far in its history.\u201d
\nThe AK Party has been seeking a coalition partner after no party won a simple majority in the June 7 general election. The CHP is the only party that remains in the discussions.
\nSaturday\u2019s talks focused on the Kurdish issue, religious freedom, public bureaucracy and freedom of the press, Koc said, adding that the CHP had \u201csincerely shared its opinions with a view to solving Turkey\u2019s issues\u201d in the talks.
\n\u201cWe have never haggled over posts and we won\u2019t,\u201d he told reporters after the meeting. \u201cWhat matters is not who will be assuming which post but what our nation will win during this process.\u201d
\nOmer Celik, the AK Party’s minister for culture and tourism, said the last \u201cexploratory meeting\u201d would be held on Monday after which the delegations would report to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
\n\u201cThen the party leaders will evaluate the reports of these exploratory talks with the [party] board members and decide whether to move on to the coalition talks stage,\u201d Celik said.
\nHe added: \u201cThe meetings have been going on in a very open and comfortable environment, turning at times into brainstorming sessions where everybody shares their opinion.\u201d
\nThe talks have been ongoing since July 13. Davutoglu also met the leaders of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
\nHe has less than three weeks in which to form a government around the AK Party. If he is unable to form a coalition, tradition dictates that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should offer the second-placed party – the CHP – the chance to create an administration. If this fails, a fresh election will be called for late November.
\nThe last coalition talks in Turkey were held 16 years ago when Bulent Ecevit\u2019s Democratic Left Party formed a government with two other parties that lasted until 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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