Davutoğlu takes helm, pledges unity, harmony with presidency
Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu, the only candidate to become the ruling Justice and Development Partyâs (AKP) chairman, and therefore the prime minister, has pledged to work âin harmonyâ with President-elect Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan and promised âunityâ within the party.
Speaking at the ruling partyâs extraordinary congress on Aug. 27, DavutoÄlu addressed outgoing Prime Minister ErdoÄan as âmy presidentâ and stressed that the convention was not one of âfarewell,â but of âfidelity.â
In a wide-ranging speech, DavutoÄlu struck a high pitch not only in terms of history and ideology, but also with his tone of excitement and lofty rhetoric. A key political message ran throughout it: There will be no conflict between the president and the prime minister, who have both been elected by popular vote.
âNobody should try to stir up controversy between comrades,â DavutoÄlu said, stressing unity in the party.
He presented a nine-point of ârestorationâ summary of AKP rule for the past 12 years, which he said will continue in the âwalk for the new Turkey.â
âWith the rule of AKP, this interregnum had come to an end ⦠We have achieved a major construction along last 12 years,â DavutoÄlu said, claiming that âold Turkeyâ had come to a âdeadlockâ in 2001.
âThis recovery has nine fundamentals and this determined walk in nine areas will continue,â he added, citing the economy, culture, judiciary, freedom, foreign policy and âstate structureâ as being among these areas.
âWe are ready to make any sacrifice to carry the AKP movement to its goals,â he...
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