Gul names Turkish next Prime Minister

Gul names Turkish next Prime Minister

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said Tuesday, August 19, that Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is set to take over from Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the country’s next prime minister. Rappler.com writes about this. 

Erdogan won the vote to be Turkey’s first elected head of state on August 10, replacing Gul with whom he founded Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

“As far I understand, Ahmet Davutoglu will be the next head of government,” the outgoing president told the media at his last reception at the presidential palace in Ankara.

“We must all help him with his task. It was I who convinced him to go into politics. I am going to support him,” said Gül of the understated former academic, who has been foreign minister since 2009.

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