Turkey’s prime minister has said his country cannot be “brought to its knees” by Russian economic sanctions imposed in response to his country’s downing of a Russian warplane.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reappointed Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form a new government after his party’s victory in the elections on November 1.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called a new election a day after a deadline passed for forming a new government, his office said.

Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected accusations that Turkey previously tacitly supported Islamic State (IS) militants operating from Syria and unwittingly opened the door to a suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people.

Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned yesterday in a procedural move after a parliamentary election but will remain in his post until a new government is formed, president Tayyip Erdogan’s office said in a statement.