Turkey's Davutoglu appointed interim PM ahead of polls on Nov 01,2015

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed PM Ahmet Davutoglu to head an interim administration ahead of elections on November 01,2015

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the snap election on Monday August 24,2015, after Ahmet Davutoglu had failed to form a coalition in the wake of polls in June.

Ahmet Davutoglu's AK Party lost its 12-year majority rule largely because of the success of the pro-Kurdish HDP.

Election board chairman Sadi Guven said the poll would be held on 1 November.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Ahmet Davutoglu to be interim PM at a meeting on Tuesday August 25,2015 at the presidential palace.

Part of Ahmet Davutoglu's job will be to oversee the elections. He has five days to form a cabinet.

The constitution says all parties should be represented in the interim administration but this is the first time such a government has been needed and the leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition said he would not be surprised if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to exclude it.

Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtas said it would be prepared to take part, although the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have refused to do so

The CHP, which came second in June's vote, had asked for a mandate to try to form a new government.

But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instead opted for a re-run of the elections.