No preconditions for coalition: Turkish PM

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is heading into the coalition government formation process with no preconditions nor prejudices.

"We have neither prejudices nor preconditions [for a coalition government]. We are ready to discuss all options a government formation process necessitates," the Turkish prime minister said, in a speech he delivered at an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner organized by the AKP's Istanbul Provincial Directorate in the city's Yenikap? neighborhood late July 12.

Davuto?lu said he would discuss all options, suggestions and opinions with other party leaders with mutual understanding, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 12.

"I hope that we can establish a new government at the earliest, and in a way that would satisfy everybody in the country. Our only purpose is to form this government through mutual understanding, and without wasting any time," he said.

Davuto?lu was set to hold the first coalition negotiation talks with Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu on July 13, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an commissioned and authorized him to form a government on July 9.

Following the first coalition negotiation talks with the CHP leader, Davuto?lu is expected to meet Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on July 14 and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Selahattin Demirta? and Figen Yüksekda? on July 15 in a bid to complete the first round of coalition talks.