ANKARA
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has called on the three other parties of parliament to stand out against terror with a joint declaration on Thursday.
Kurtulmus also reiterated Davutoglu's call to stand against terror after a deadly suicide bombing in Suruc on Monday, which killed 32 people.
The suspected suicide attack in Suruc, a town in Sanliurfa province close to the Syrian border, reportedly targeted activists preparing to visit Kobani, the Syrian town devastated by fighting between Daesh and Kurdish forces.
"As four parties, let's stand against terror with a joint declaration," Kurtulmus said.
He also called on pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas and other HDP members to use "language of peace".
Deputy PM Kurtulmus also said that Turkey was the first country to call Daesh a terrorist organization. He said that there was a wrong perception that Turkey was in cooperation with Daesh or even tolerated it.
"We deny this. This is literally an imposture," Kurtulmus said.
Kurtulmus told Anadolu Agency that, within coalition talks following the general election in Turkey, the Justice and Development (AK) Party has treated equally all three parties - the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is currently seeking a coalition partner to form a government following the June election. The CHP is seen as the likely candidate after MHP ruled out joining a two-party government last week.
"We, as AK Party (...) are aware of responsibility to not leave Turkey without a government," said Kurtulmus. "This is AK Party's political maturity and the people have seen that Turkey has a strong democracy."
