Turkish President to accept government's resignation

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will accept the 60th Turkish government’s resignation at 16:00 today, Turkish media outlets reported.

Turkey 's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headed by the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a foreseen solid victory in the country’s parliamentary elections held on Sunday, collecting 50 percent of the votes after a 99 percent ballot count.

In light of these results Erdogan's party will get at least 330 seats in the new parliament, enabling a formation of a single-party government. However, despite ruling party representatives’ repeated claims, it cannot adopt a draft of new constitution at the parliament. Nor can a referendum on the constitution be made.

According to the Turkish Constitution, the government must be formed within 45 days of the president’s corresponding authorization to the party’s leader.


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