Ahmet Davutoglu

The newly elected leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Binali Yildirim, announced the new Turkish government on Tuesday after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

Turkey's incoming Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said he is preparing a list of cabinet ministers after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked him to form the country's new government.

"It is not the first time a government is formed in Turkey," Yildirim told reporters in Ankara on Monday, according to AFP.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) elected Transportation and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım as its new chairman on May 22, after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said he was stepping down earlier this month on May 5.

The resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu "will not significantly affect the Russian-Turkish relations."

That is the case "because the key role is played by the intentions (Turkish) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan," chair of the Russian State Duma Committee for International Affairs Alexei Pushkov told the Rossiya 24 broadcaster on Thursday.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will not run for his Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s leadership at a congress due on May 22, party officials have announced.

A meeting was held of the AKP's Central Executive Board (MYK) ahead of a press conference of Davutoglu which si to be held later in the afternoon, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

An extraordinary congress of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey is to be held over the next weeks.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is not planning to run for the AKP leadership, according to the English-language version of Sabah, a newspaper known for close links to the government.

Turkey’s ruling party is set to replace Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at an extraordinary congress in the coming weeks, Reuters reported on Wednesday, signaling the end of his term as premier and plunging the country into political uncertainty.

Local Turkish media have been running stories about Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's intention to step down.

Tensions have been on the rise between Davutoglu and the head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the latter is seeking to introduce an executive presidency through constitutional changes.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday around 20 Syrians had been readmitted to Turkey under an EU migrant deal designed to help stem migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.

According to the text of an address to the nation supplied in advance to the media, Davutoglu said that in return 110 Syrians had been sent to Europe for resettlement.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has received Lyutvi Mestan, who was expelled as head of Bulgaria's third-largest DPS party.

At the government residency in the Cankaya district in Ankara, the two have discussed Bulgarian politics, members of Mestan's future party DOST have said in a press statement.