Saturday, May 07, 2016

Davutoglu’s departure thrusts Erdogan son-in-law into limelight — FT.com

Davutoglu’s departure thrusts Erdogan son-in-law into limelight

by: Mehul Srivastava in Istanbul

At first glance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unceremonious disposal of his prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, this week was more of the same — the swift dispatch of a rival, ruthless party politics and a further consolidation of the levers of Turkish democracy within his hands.

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