Following the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) failed coalition talks with the Republican People's Party (CHP) on Thursday, interim Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli on Monday and discussed whether the MHP would ease off its firm objection to be part of a coalition government. However, after the two-hour meeting, the two leaders failed to reach a consensus, leaving no other option for formation of a government after the June 7 elections. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Davutoğlu said Bahçeli repeated his conditions and said his party would not be part of a coalition, support a minority government or early elections if the AK Party does not accept his party's four conditions.He added that since the June elections, the AK Party sought ways to form a government but could not succeed due to opposition parties' stances. In the upcoming days, Davutoğlu's 45-day mandate to form a government will expire and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to use his constitutional power and call Parliament to go to snap elections in October. Prior to talks with MHP chairman, Davutoğlu commented on Bahçeli's reluctance to form a coalition government and said: "If there is no potential to reach a consensus and establish a coalition, then a snap election is the only solution."Addressing AK Party members at a meeting marking the 14th anniversary of the founding of the party last week, Davutoğlu said the AK Party administration is beginning a "new journey" in heading to early elections. Criticizing Bahçeli's conditions for starting coalition negotiations, Davutoğlu said no one is in a position to "give everyone a lecture."Davutoğlu's meeting request with Bahçeli came when the final round of coalition talks between the AK Party and the CHP failed. However, Bahçeli reiterated that he would not be part of any coalition negotiations unless the AK Party accepts his conditions to completely end the reconciliation process with the PKK and for Davutoğlu to keep his distance from Erdoğan.Davutoğlu's AK Party had been seeking a coalition partner after no party won a simple majority in the June 7 general elections, but the other parties in Parliament failed to reach a consensus to form a coalition with or without the AK Party.Bahçeli issued a written statement last week, calling for an immediate formation of a coalition government between the AK Party and the CHP: "These two parties should not avoid taking the huge responsibility that history has placed on them and should show their will and attention to form a government in line with national interests." He also urged the two parties to hold coalition negotiations "without behaving reluctantly or having imaginary discussions involving infertile standoffs."While speaking at the press conference on Thursday Davutoğlu made it clear that the talks with the CHP were unsuccessful: "A snap election has become the only option for Turkey. It is obvious that the AK Party and CHP have deep conflicting opinions. This is only natural. We have come to the conclusion that the groundwork for a government partnership has not materialized." He cited "profound differences, mainly in foreign policy and education," as reasons for the failure to materialize a coalition.Turkey went to the polls on June 7 to choose its lawmakers for the country's 25th Parliament, shaping the future of Turkish politics. The two significant outcomes of the elections were that the AK Party, which was vying for a fourth term of single-party power, had a clear victory but failed to secure the 276 seats required to form a government single-handedly, and the HDP attempt to pass the 10 percent national election threshold to make its way into Parliament, crushing the hurdle and receiving 80 seats in the chamber.