Erdogan Calls for Turkish Coalition Government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made his first televised appearance since disappointing parliamentary election results on Sunday left him without the supermajority he sought. Speaking on Turkish television Thursday, Erdogan called on all Turkish political parties to put aside their differences, or their "egos," as he said, and form a coalition government. Erdogan, who served as Turkey's prime minister from 2003 to 2014, had campaigned strongly for more power...

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