Ahmet Davutoğlu

prime minister of Turkey

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Ahmet Davutoğlu served as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016. He succeeded Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who moved to the presidency. Davutoğlu, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), had previously held the position of Foreign Minister. His premiership saw the AKP lose its parliamentary majority in the June 2015 elections, though it was regained in a snap election later that year. Davutoğlu later left the AKP in 2019 to form his own party, the Future Party.12

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Turkey
An emboldened Erdoğan and the AKP face resistance
Ahmet Davutoğlu took over the post of prime minister that same month. Davutoğlu, an AKP member who had previously served for five years as foreign minister under Erdoğan, was widely expected to follow the course set by his predecessor in both domestic and foreign affairs.
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Ahmet Davutoğlu took over the post of prime minister that same month. Davutoğlu, an AKP member who had previously served for five years as foreign minister under Erdoğan, was widely expected to follow the course set by his predecessor in both domestic and foreign affairs.
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Justice and Development Party
Expansion of power and decline in popular support
He was replaced by Ahmet Davutoğlu, an AKP stalwart who had previously served as foreign minister. Erdoğan remained in public life, running for and winning the largely ceremonial role of president. It soon became apparent, however, that Erdoğan would push for constitutional changes expanding the powers of the presidency.…
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He was replaced by Ahmet Davutoğlu, an AKP stalwart who had previously served as foreign minister. Erdoğan remained in public life, running for and winning the largely ceremonial role of president. It soon became apparent, however, that Erdoğan would push for constitutional changes expanding the powers of the presidency.…
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