ANKARA: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged Turkey's opposition parties to "assume their responsibilities" on Tuesday and join an interim power-sharing government, saying he would offer cabinet posts to their deputies even if party leaders objected.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier appointed Davutoglu to form an interim government to lead the country to a new election, after two months of coalition talks failed to produce a working government.
Davutoglu has five days to form the interim cabinet and is obliged by the constitution to offer cabinet posts to opposition members. Candidates from outside parliament can fill the posts if the opposition turns them down. Two of the three opposition parties in parliament have already said they will not take part.
Reuters
