Erdogan names loyal ally Davutoglu as new Turkey PM

 

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Turkey's president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday named Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to succeed him as ruling party leader and prime minister, promoting an ally who is expected to show unstinting loyalty to the new head of state.

Erdogan -- who has dominated Turkey's political scene for 11 years as prime minister -- is to be inaugurated as president next week after his election victory earlier this month.

Davutoglu immediately vowed that "no seeds of discord" could be sown between him and Erdogan, who wants to rule as a powerful head of state and is set to remain Turkey's undisputed number one.

Erdogan announced the decision after a meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara, to cheers from the party elite and a blast of Turkish folk music.

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