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Turkish PM: AK Party respects people's 'coalition' choice

Türkiye Materials 11 June 2015 00:14 (UTC +04:00)

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has stressed that his Justice and Development (AK) Party respects the Turkish people's decision, after the June 7 election that produced no majority government, Anadolu Agency reported.

"Our people opted for a coalition. We will not argue against it but will try our best to do our part," he told a live interview on state broadcaster TRT on Wednesday evening.

His remarks came amid his ongoing talks with the top officials of his party at the Ankara headquarters for the last three days after Sunday's parliamentary polls so as to review and assess the election results.

Davutoglu highlighted that the will of the nation is beyond argument, ruling out any resentment on the part of his AK Party towards the Turkish people for the decline in their votes compared to previous elections.

"What is right is whatever the people say. You can't have resentment towards the people, or take offense," he said.

On June 7, Turkey held parliamentary election, which involved 20 political parties. Some 53,765,231 people cast their votes in the election.

The voting results in Turkey's June 7 parliamentary election are as follows: the ruling Justice and Development Party garnered 40.9 percent of the vote, the Republican People's Party (CHP) - 25 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) - 16.3 percent, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) - 13.1 percent.

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