Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 28 August 2014, and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) since 27 August, 2014. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014. Prior to becoming Foreign Minister, Davutoglu served as chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is also a political scientist, an academic, and an ambassador at large. Following the election of serving Prime Minister and AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as President of Turkey, Davutoğlu was announced by the AKP Central Executive Committee as a candidate for the party leadership. He was unanimously elected as leader unopposed during the first AKP extraordinary congress and consequently succeeded Erdoğan as Prime Minister.
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Published in: HomeTurkish PM in conversation, part 3: How do you create a fairer society?Can Turkey talk about its concern for social welfare given its rapacious capitalist practises, lack of labour rights...
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Published in: HomeTurkish PM in conversation, Part 2: Old Turkey, New TurkeyMany observers fear Turkey is heading towards majoritarian tyranny. How does Turkey's 'representative democracy'...
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Published in: HomeTurkish PM in conversation, part 4: The Arab Spring and Turkey’s futureHas the Arab Spring failed to go far enough? What kind of complicating factor is ISIS? Turkey's PM calls for a...
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Published in: HomeTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in conversation: Part 1Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's has announced he will resign, tightening President President Recep Tayyip...