Istanbul (Halbeeg News) – Turkish former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced his resignation from the membership of Turkish ruling party saying he will start a “new political movement.
Speaking to the reporters on Friday, Mr. Davutoglu said Justice and Development Party (AKP) which he had been remember for a long time had moved away from its “founding values.”
“We are resigning from our party for which we broke sweat for years to save the AK Party base from the sorrow of seeing their own [former] chairman expelled,” he Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu accused the party of deviating from its core principles.
He described that decision as “very grave” and “not in harmony” with the party’s founding principles.
“Our intention and goal is not to disagree, divide and weaken; our aim was to put forward the possibilities of renewing our party within the framework of founding principles as an interpreter for the discomfort seen in our party cadres and grassroots,” he stated.
Six other AKP members also declared their resignation along with Davutoglu.
The leader who had served Turkish as foreign minister between 2009 and 2014 and later as prime minister until 2016 before he was sacked, promised that he will form his own new political party.
“It is our historical responsibility and duty to the nation … to set up a new political movement,” Davutoglu stated.
Davutoglu and the leaders of the ruling part have been at loggerheads in recent months.
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