Early parliamentary election to be held on November 1 in Turkey

US Department of State Spokesman John Kirby has said he will refrain from talking about internal matters in Turkey, which will hold a snap election on November. 1, but pointed out that the US in general stands for “inclusiveness and representative government, fair and free, credible elections” around the world.

President Tayyip Erdogan formally called for fresh parliamentary elections late Monday in a widely anticipated move after two months of coalition talks failed to produce a coalition government ahead of a deadline.

Turkey faces new elections as it is grappling with a sharp increase in violence between security forces and Kurdish rebels and is more deeply involved in the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State group extremists.

“After that, we will take our nation to right on time races”, Erdogan said.

The lira currency has hit a series of record lows, while consumer confidence in the $870 billion economy has slumped to its weakest in six years.

“Now all we can do is wait for an election in which the AK Party regains a single party government, then the forex rate will cool down”, said 26-year-old Omer, a small kebab restaurant manager in central Ankara. “Such an attempt would be rejected by the Constitutional Court”, Demitras said.

But the government has actively engaged the HDP in a peace process with the Kurdish militants and under Demirtaş’ leadership the party won higher-than-expected support in June, crossing a threshold to enter parliament for the first time.

He reiterated the CHP will not be part of the interim government formed by the prime minister. “Now, what should be done is to update this de facto situation in the legal framework of the constitution”, In other words, Mr. Erdogan is already the executive president who decides everything – if “de facto authority” sounds an bad lot like “illegal power grab”, that’s just a misunderstanding…

“It doesn’t really matter which ministries we get, all in all it’s a temporary cabinet, and it doesn’t have much chance of achieving much concrete action”.