Turkey elections: Erdogan says no party can rule alone

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the inconclusive election result means no party can govern alone.

His party, AKP, is meeting to try to form a government after losing its majority in a general election for the first time in 13 years.

It secured 41%, a sharp drop from 2011, and must form a coalition or face entering a minority government.

Mr Erdogan has called on all parties to "preserve the atmosphere of stability" in Turkey.

"I believe the results, which do not give the opportunity to any party to form a single-party government, will be assessed healthily and realistically by every party," Mr Erdogan said.

The AKP is now likely to try to form a coalition, but no party has yet indicated it is willing to join forces with it.

Opposition parties may yet try to form a coalition against the AKP.

But Numan Kurtulmus, one of Turkey's four deputy prime ministers, said there would be no government without representation by the AKP.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is meeting AKP cabinet members and officials to assess the election results in Ankara.

After the official final result is declared, he will have 45 days to form a government.

Mr Kurtulmus said another election was possible.