Erdoğan Appoints Davutoğlu as Candidate For PM, AKP Leader

Having been elected as 12th President, Erdoğan appointed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as the new PM and party leader candidate.

After AKP's central executive board meeting (MYK), as “PM” and “AKP chairman” Erdoğan was invited to the podium to announce the new candidate. Erdoğan emphasize that the candidate was determined “after intensive discussions”.

Erdoğan uttered these words while announcing the candidate:

“Our new candidate who is going to enter General Assembly on 27 August is our brother Foreign Minister and Konya Parliamentarian Ahmet Davutoğlu. In case that he is elected in General assembly, he is going to be our 62nd PM.

“His effort and ambition in the struggle with “parallel structure” (he used this term for Gülen Movement) has an impact on his candidacy. I believe we will continue to struggle together. And my presidential position won’t prevent our struggle.”

Davutoğlu: Restoration will continue

After Erdoğan, Davutoğlu stated:

“AKP movement is not the political movement which emerged in cyclical conditions. Our distinguished President is the pioneer of this movement. Nobody should doubt that we will keep on struggling in a stronger way.

“AKP will prevent those under the name of “parallel structure” or any thing else who intend to stop our progress. Those who intend to create disagreement or hostility among us won’t succeed it.  

“AKP is limited neither with generations nor  with centuries. It is the struggle for judge and right with  that will last until the end. I’m sure I gain my power with you. I ask you to walk together. No doubt that our big restoration movement is going to continue without stopping.” (EA/ÇT/MUY/BM)

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