Davutoğlu given mandate to form new government
November 17, 2015, Tuesday/ 17:53:09/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM
Ahmet Davutoğlu, the interim prime minister and the head of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), was assigned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to form a new government after his party won a landslide victory in Nov. 1 parliamentary election. Davutoğlu had a meeting with Erdoğan after Parliament convened on Tuesday for the oath-taking ceremony for the new lawmakers elected on Nov. 1. The AK Party has won 317 seats in the 550-member Parliament, wel
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