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Turkish PM makes last-ditch call for unity as government deadline looms


    ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a last-ditch call for Turkey's political parties to agree on a working government on Thursday, three days before a deadline that would otherwise see President Tayyip Erdogan call a snap election.

    "I am ready to sit down and talk any time, as long as we find a solution in parliament. The possibility of a coalition is no longer available, so instead of blaming each other let's form a government," Davutoglu told a news conference in Ankara.

    (Reporting by Ercan Gurses and Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick Tattersall)