Turkey Ruling Party Meets to Confirm Davutolgu as PM

Local Editor

Turkey’s ruling "Justice and Development Party" [AKP] met Wednesday for a congress to confirm Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to succeed Recep Tayyip Erdogan as party leader and premier when he becomes president this week.

The vast congress, which is expected to muster some 40,000 people at an Ankara sports arena, is a key step in a tightly-choreographed process to ensure the succession goes smoothly.

Erdogan will be sworn in as president on Thursday after his victory in the August 10 election.

The congress is a largely ceremonial affair with Davutoglu the only candidate for party leader and premier after his candidacy was agreed by the party’s executive committee last week.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team