ISTANBUL
Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Post-election scenarios -- together with remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and other political party leaders -- have made headlines across the majority of Tuesday’s newspapers.
MILLIYET ran the front-page headline: "My first duty is [to form] government," quoting Davutoglu. The paper reported that the prime minister would first try to form a coalition government and then go for an early election if he cannot secure an agreement.
The Justice and Development (AK) Party led by Davutoglu came first in Sunday's general election, securing the largest number of votes -- 41 percent -- to claim 258 seats in the Grand National Assembly, 18 short of a simple majority.
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council will announce the official results of the election on June 20. Deputies of the 25th Grand National Assembly are to be sworn in on June 25.
As no political party managed to achieve a majority, Turkey faces three options -- coalition, a minority government or snap elections under an interim government.
"First test [will be] at the parliament," VATAN’s front-page headline read. It said that the four parties had to first agree on a parliamentary speaker before the coalition.
The process of forming a government will start after selection of a parliament speaker, the paper said. The next stage sees the new lawmakers select a parliament speaker, the 27th in the history of the Republic of Turkey, by secret ballot.
HABERTURK’s headline read: "People say ‘come to an agreement’ but…," referring to the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Kilicdaroglu, in an interview with the newspaper, said: "People say ‘one-party government did not solve our problems, now resolve our problems by coming to an agreement at the parliament.’ We need to overcome problems by coming to an agreement."
The paper also reported that the CHP leader ruled out coalition options with the ruling AK Party, saying: "Coming together with the AK Party and resolving the country’s problems seems almost impossible."
The Republican People’s Party came second with 25 percent (132 seats), followed by the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 16 percent (80 seats) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) with 13 percent (80 seats).
HURRIYET wrote: "AKP-CHP [coalition] should be discussed first," quoting HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas.
"Discussing the AKP-CHP coalition should be the first thing. CHP should not run away from this responsibility," Demirtas said Monday.
"Responsibility calls," was STAR’s headline on the front page, referring to remarks by President Erdogan.
"It is of vital importance that all political parties show the necessary sensitivity and display responsible behavior in this new process… to preserve the stability and atmosphere of trust, as well as democratic gains," he said in his first statement since the election on the presidency’s website Monday.
HABERTURK wrote about the composition of the new parliament. It ran the headline: "Two thirds of the parliament (369 of 550 deputies) has changed." It wrote that 97 of the 550 deputies are women; twenty-one of these wear the Islamic headscarf.
Ugur Isilak, a singer, was elected to parliament for the AK Party. Saffet Sancakli -- a retired footballer who was capped 23 times for Turkey -- became an MHP deputy.
Huda Kaya, a columnist for a left-wing newspaper -- also known for her Islamic identity -- entered parliament as a HDP deputy, HABERTURK added.
In economic news, DUNYA wrote: "Business world asks for reconciliation and common sense." The paper reported that businessmen, who stressed the importance of “stability”, expected talks to focus on the economy without creating new political risks.
