Turkey`s main opposition accuses Erdogan of blocking coalition efforts

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Reuters, Istanbul :Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of blocking efforts to form a coalition government and warned him against taking the country to new elections through “blood politics” by reopening conflict with Kurdish militants.The ruling AK Party, founded by Erdogan, holds its final day of initial talks with the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Monday as it tries to find a junior coalition partner after losing its parliamentary majority in a June election.The domestic uncertainty comes as Turkey carries out air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq and Islamic State fighters in Syria, in what the government has called a “synchronised fight against terror”.”I say this with all sincerity: Prime Minister (Ahmet) Davutoglu really is willing to sit down and form a coalition and save the country from its problems,” CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu told Haberturk TV late on Sunday.”But the person sitting in the post of presidency is not allowing it,” he told the Turkish broadcaster in an interview.

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