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In post-election Turkey, there is much to worry about and little to find comfort in. On the political front, more than two months have passed since the general elections and a government is yet to be constituted. Having lost parliamentary majority, the AKP was forced into a coalition, which it has failed to form. The other parties were also unable to face the AKP as a unified front, with the nationalist MHP closing the door to cooperation with the HDP.
Even in the unlikely case that the three parties form a coalition without the AKP, the president has made it clear that he would not entertain such a possibility. In fact, despite his failure to form a coalition government, the president has not granted any party other than the AKP the right to lead the search for a coalition. He recently declared that as of November 1, Turkish citizens would go to the ballot box for a new round of elections.
