Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally decided to eliminate from the political arena, Prime Minister of the country Ahmet Davutoglu after the team Erdogan learned about the consent of US President Barack Obama to meet with Turkish Prime Minister, writes Al-Monitor.
Obama’s meeting with Davutoglu and face to face was confirmed by the White house and was scheduled for 5 may, but in the end the event was cancelled.
Sources Al-Monitor the Turkish establishment noted that the friendly attitude of Washington to the Turkish Prime Minister, sharply contrasting with the “cold shower” that Obama gave Erdogan in March, aroused the suspicions of the President and his team.
In the camp of the President feared that, with the support of Washington, Davutoglu will try to strengthen the political positions and expand their range, in fact, the formal authority as the Prime Minister of the country.
In order not to miss the power, Erdogan decided to play in advance: while Davutoglu was on a visit to Doha, the leadership of the party of justice and development party (AKP) hastily took humiliating for the Prime Minister’s decision- he was deprived of the power to appoint heads of provinces and districts.
“Davutoglu tried to influence Erdogan, but he has failed to avoid disaster. The most difficult team Davutoglu was to accept the fact that under the decision signed by 47 of the 50 members of the Board of Directors of PSR”, — emphasized in the article. While the party leadership has managed to hide this move from the Prime Minister’s team.
A black cat between the two politicians ran even earlier, in February 2015, when the Turkish military launched operation “Shah Euphrates” — the evacuation of the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, an ancestor of the founder of the Ottoman Empire Osman I, from Syrian territory, passed under the control of insurgents “Islamic state” (ISIS, an organization banned in Russia).
Then press Secretary Davutoglu has published photos of the meeting of the General staff of Turkey, where the military together with the Prime Minister discussed the progress of the operation in the absence of the President.
Erdogan was angered by the publication — it was seen as a blow to his authority as commander in chief, adds Al-Monitor. However, the President did not show discontent in public, but in Ankara, there was speculation that the resignation of Davutoglu — a matter of time.
The Prime Minister of Turkey said that he would not run for the post of Chairman of the ruling party of justice and development. Ahmet Davutoglu became Prime Minister in 2014.
Lately between him and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of disagreement, which concerned, in particular, the solution of the Kurdish problem and the detention of opposition journalists and members of the public.
According to experts, the next Turkish Prime Minister will not be able to take a position different from the point of view of Erdogan, and to carry out any independent policy. Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten says that the Turkish President is promoting to the post of head of the Cabinet of his son, the Minister of energy of Berat Albayrak.
New party Chairman and Prime Minister of Turkey will be elected at the extraordinary Congress of the AKP on may 22.
Source : RIA Novosti
