Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (R) listens as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks at a joint media briefing at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey looks increasingly likely to face an early election as its air strikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Islamic State in Syria stir nationalist sentiment and coalition talks make little apparent progress.
The NATO member launched near-simultaneous bombing campaigns in Iraq and Syria a week ago, opening up conflict on two fronts as the ruling AK Party tries to find a junior coalition partner after losing its majority in a June election.
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