Foreign Minister Davutoglu to be new Turkish PM: Erdogan
Davutoglu to replace Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he takes the presidency on August 28.
Davutoglu's nomination will rubber-stamped by an extraordinary congress of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) on August 27 and he will take office a day later.
"The AKP's candidate for the party leadership on August 27 is foreign minister and member of parliament for Konya, Ahmet Davutoglu," Erdogan said after a meeting of the AKP executive committee.
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