AFP, Ankara :
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday invited three lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to join an interim government to take Turkey to November 1 elections.
If they accept, it will be the first time in Turkish history that representatives of a pro-Kurdish party have taken seats in the government.
Davutoglu is forming the caretaker cabinet as a constitutional obligation following the failure to form a coalition after June 7 polls and analysts have suggested the outcome is one he had wanted to avoid at all costs.
According to the Turkish constitution, such an interim government must be formed with ministries shared among Turkey’s parties according to their share of the seats in parliament.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will have 11 ministries, the second biggest party the Republican People’s Party five and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and HDP three apiece.
The cabinet will rule up until the polls, where the AKP hopes to regain its overall majority.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday invited three lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to join an interim government to take Turkey to November 1 elections.
If they accept, it will be the first time in Turkish history that representatives of a pro-Kurdish party have taken seats in the government.
Davutoglu is forming the caretaker cabinet as a constitutional obligation following the failure to form a coalition after June 7 polls and analysts have suggested the outcome is one he had wanted to avoid at all costs.
According to the Turkish constitution, such an interim government must be formed with ministries shared among Turkey’s parties according to their share of the seats in parliament.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will have 11 ministries, the second biggest party the Republican People’s Party five and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and HDP three apiece.
The cabinet will rule up until the polls, where the AKP hopes to regain its overall majority.
