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The first round of coalition talks has clearly shown the Republican People's Party (CHP) was eager to join the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a coalition government, while the two other opposition parties, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), have voiced their reluctance. 

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said his coalition talks with opposition parties will certainly include lowering the 10 percent national election threshold, but the level of the drop will be decided with any governing partner.  

Turkey's three main opposition parties have all ruled out a possible coalition with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the June 7 general election, in the event that the AKP does not get enough votes to form the government on its own. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has justified the controversial allocation of a luxury car to Turkey?s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Mehmet Görmez, comparing the situation to the allocation of armored vehicles and private plane to the pope.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahçeli said the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) should not look to it for the perpetrators of the twin bombings at the HDP offices in Turkey?s southern provinces of Adana and Mersin. 

?I don?t think my wife is too pleased with this situation,? said Selahattin Demirta?, the co-chairman of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), smiling shyly. ?I don?t think I would be pleased if she was in my shoes either.?

The ongoing struggle against the ?parallel structure? should be carried out in a ?smart and conscientious? way within the rule of law, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç has said, amid fresh operations against a number of civil society organizations in the western province of Manisa.  

A Turkish court has stated in its detail ruling for the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case that all the main evidence was fake.

The Anatolian 4th High Criminal Court had acquitted all 236 suspects on March 31, after the prosecutor argued that digital data in the files submitted as evidence in the case was ?fake? and did not constitute evidence.

The Turkish government has voiced its expectation that the tentative Iranian nuclear deal could mark the first step toward the lifting of sanctions on Iran.

Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said the deal, which could pave the way for the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran, would help boost Turkey's exports to its neighbor and help bring down global oil prices.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said it would be ?felicitous and propitious? if former President Abdullah Gül declares his candidacy to run in the upcoming general elections scheduled for June 7, as sources said the two founders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would soon meet to discuss the issue.