Ahmet Davutoglu is expected to hold discussions with the country’s opposition party in the hopes of forming a coalition, after losing in the polls.
A crisis looms as the prime minister opposes Recep Erdogan’s desire to be a superpresident.
The Arab League has met for talks to extend its observer mission to Syria, with Riyadh ‘pulling its observers’ as Damascus has not kept its promises.
Turkey says a new Arab League ultimatum for Syria is the "last chance" for the regime in Damascus but ruled out military intervention.
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/ 27 February 2008
Turkey declined on Wednesday to give Baghdad a timetable for the withdrawal of troops fighting Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, resisting pressure from the United States and other allies to end the offensive quickly. Thousands of Turkish troops crossed the border on Thursday to root out Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters.