Turkey 'swiftly' heading towards snap polls: Erdogan
Published Wed, Aug 19, 2015 · 11:47 AM
[ANKARA] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey was "swiftly" heading towards early elections, after efforts to form a coalition government failed.
"We are once again swiftly heading towards an election," Mr Erdogan said in a televised speech in Ankara, adding that the only solution in the current political impasse was turning to the "will of nation".
AFP
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