Turkish premier gets party backing to form government
Date
11/11/2015 8:26:32 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Ahmet Davutoglu receives unanimous support to name new Cabinet
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been authorized to form a government following the Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Nov. 1 election victory the party said Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting of the Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) the party’s decision-making body in capital Ankara spokesman Omer Celik said Davutoglu had received unanimous support from party members.
“As a matter of party regulations the party chairman has been authorized by the MKYK” Celik said. “As the AK Party gained the majority in the election to form a single-party government Davutoglu who will also be authorized by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is approved by the MKYK unanimously.”
The AK Party won 317 seats in the 550-seat Turkish parliament in a rerun of the June general election.
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