Deputy PM: Coalition May Be Formed In First Round

AKP Vice Chairman and Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmuş said a result could come out in first round on a TV program.

"How to form coalitions could be settled with dialogue between political parties. Our president will assign the duty to our prime minister.

“If voters give you a message for agreement, you can’t have a reason for disagreement. A result will come otherwise it’s not the end of the world.”

Snap election

Upon the question about snap election, Kurtulmuş answered: “We never thought we would have a few more votes than before. Even we took risks. If you can’t think big, your party can’t think big.

Kurtulmuş interpreted the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s expression ‘recurring election’ instead of snap election:

“Our president has been against the snap election throughout his life. As he knows Turkey got harmed from snap elections, he always has been against the idea of snap election.”

The President Erdoğan said to journalist in his presidential aircraft after he returned from Azerbaijan: “If a coalition cannot be formed, going to the polls again is inevitable. I call this recurring election instead of snap election because a country cannot be leaderless.” (YY/BD)

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