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Saturday, May 07, 2016

What next for Turkey’s AKP after Davutoglu's exit? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

What next for Turkey’s AKP after Davutoglu's exit?

In Turkey, prime ministers normally lose their job when they lose an election, or they lose the majority of the seats in the parliament due to a break down in their party. Turkey’s current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had none of those problems. He had won a sweeping election victory just six months ago and his party is more intact than ever. Yet, still he had to give a farewell speech on May 5. He announced that there will be a surprise snap party congress in 17 days to chose the new party leader, but he himself will not run. “This is not my decision,” he said, “but a necessity.”

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