Erdoğan refuses to give CHP mandate, says Turkey ‘rapidly heading’ to election
August 19, 2015, Wednesday/ 15:06:18/ TODAY'S ZAMAN
Turkey is on course for an early election after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he had no intention of giving a mandate to form a government to the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), in violation of established democratic practices in Turkey. “We have no time to lose with those who do not know the address of Beştepe,” Erdoğan said on Wednesday, in reference to the CHP's continued refusal to visit him at the presidential pal
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