Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday appointed Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form an interim Government that will lead the country into a new election, likely to take place on November 1.
Erdogan formally called for a new election on Monday, following an inconclusive vote in June, and the collapse of coalition-building efforts.
Davutoglu has five days to form a temporary Cabinet — which would include opposition party legislators — to oversee the polls. However, two main opposition parties have already declared they would not participate in the interim administration.
The opposition accuses Erdogan of triggering new elections in the hope that the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, which he founded, can win back the parliamentary majority it lost in June and again rule alone.
Opinion polls however, suggest that the new election may not reverse the AKP’s losses and another hung parliament is a possibility.
Erdogan has said the election will take place on November 1 but the date must be confirmed by the High Election Board. Davutoglu is now likely to form an administration made up of independent figures and legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party who would be taking up ministerial posts for the time in Turkish history.