Turkey is 'heading rapidly' towards new election: Erdogan

Reuters , Wednesday 19 Aug 2015

Istanbul
A police officer secures the road that leads to Istanbul's Dolmabache Palace, background, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 following an armed attack. (Photo:AP)

Turkey is heading rapidly towards a new election and only a solution involving the "will of the people" can break a political impasse after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)  failed to form a working government, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.

"Because of the failure to form a government, we have to seek a solution with the will of the people," Erdogan said in a speech to local officials, broadcast live on television.

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