Turkey 'swiftly' heading to snap polls: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that Turkey was heading rapidly towards early elections after efforts to form a coalition government failed.

"We are once again swiftly heading towards an election," Erdogan said in a televised speech in Ankara, adding that the only solution in the current political impasse was turning to the "will of the nation".

Erdogan's comments came a day after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed the president he had failed to form a coalition government following talks with the opposition.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its overall majority in the June 7 polls for the first time since it came to power 2002, forcing it to seek a coalition partner.