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Ahmet Davutoğlu
Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2003 to 2009. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in the…
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Born 26 February 1959 · Q58198
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2026· 14 entries
thekabultribune.com: Taliban Ambassador in Ankara, Ahmet Davutoğlu Discuss Strengthening Bilateral Ties
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Yeni Safak English: Towards the Prime Minister Davutoğlu….
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Yeni Safak English: The Davutoğlu government
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MTV Lebanon: Ashton and Davutoglu discussing last talks results regarding Iran's nuclear program
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Yahoo: Turkiye’s Davutoglu steps back from politics: A timeline of his career
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Haberler.com: Ahmet Davutoğlu milletvekili mi, değil mi?
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Yeni Akit: Ahmet Davutoğlu siyaseti bıraktı! Gelecek Partisi feshedildi
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T24: Ahmet Davutoğlu: Parti siyasetinden çekilme ve Gelecek Partisi’nin siyasi faaliyetlerini sonlandırma kararı aldık
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T24: Erdoğan'ın danışmanlığından Başbakanlığa ve Erdoğan'a muhalefete: "Parti siyasetini" bırakan Ahmet Davutoğlu’nun siyasi yolculuğu
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Haberler.com: Ahmet Davutoğlu'nun siyaseti bırakacağı iddiası
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Sözcü Gazetesi: Ahmet Davutoğlu siyaseti bırakıyor: Gelecek Partisi feshedildi
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DHA: Ahmet Davutoğlu
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Kadir: Ahmet Davutoğlu: "Bu savaş böyle devam ederse..."
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2025· 1 entry
Haber7: Ahmet Davutoğlu: Milli seferberlik ilan edilmelidir
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2019· 1 entry
İnternet Haber: Ahmet Davutoğlu nereli eşi ve çocukları kimdir?
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2016· 2 entries
Wall Street Journal: Turkish President Poised to Tighten Grip as Premier Ahmet Davutoglu Exits
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Time: Ahmet Davutoglu Resigns Turkish PM Post Amid Conflict with Erdogan
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2015· 11 entries
Claimed: “Son 13 yılda iş gücünde 8 milyon 541 bin, istihdamda ise 7 milyon 750 bin artış oldu. Bu, dünya ekonomileri arasında istisnaidir. Çevredeki ülkelerde özellikle gençlerde, işsizlik yüzde 20'leri aşmışken, Türkiye sürekli istihdamını arttırdı.” — rated Kısmen Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “13 yıl içinde siyasette vaat edileni mutlaka yerine getiren bir tavır sergiledik. Vaat ettiğimiz hiçbir şey eksik kalmadı.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Faili meçhulleri bu ülkede AK Parti bitirdi.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Yani CHP’nin son 55 yıl içinde tarihi zafer diye andığı 77 seçimleri tek başarı hikayesi, birinci çıktı, şu anda bizim ulaştığımız çizginin altındadır.” — rated Büyük Oranda Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Çay alımlarına toplam 4,6 milyar lira ödedik.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Dünyada en büyük 250 (inşaat sektöründe) şirketin içinde; ilk yüzde 4, 250’de 42 şirketimizin olması, şirket sayısı itibariyle; ikinci olmamız gurur vesilesidir.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “G-20, OECD standartlarında gelir dağılımını en iyi düzelten, örnek gösterilen bir performans sergiledik.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (2015–2016).
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Davutoğlu compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Islamist terrorists after the November 2015 Paris attacks which left seventeen people dead
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (2015–2015).
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2014· 8 entries
Claimed: “Makedonya'yı, anayasal ismiyle tanıyan tek ülke biziz.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “2003-2006 döneminde yolsuzlukla etkin mücadele amacıyla bu alanda önemli 7 adet uluslararası sözleşmeye taraf olunmuştur.” — rated Büyük Oranda Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “222 dış temsilcilikle dünyada en fazla temsil edilen 7. büyük ülke Türkiye” — rated Büyük Oranda Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Ahmet Davutoğlu’nu siyasete ben kazandırdım” Doğruluk Payı Vardır.
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Claimed: “AK Parti iktidara gelene kadar Türk devletlerini bir araya toplayan bir konsey yoktu. Türk Konseyi’ni başında Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın olduğu Türkiye Cumhuriyeti kurdu.” — rated Büyük Oranda Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Davutoğlu visited northern Iraq and met regional President Massoud Barzani multiple times, stating that Turkey sought closer ties with the KRG in terms of diplomatic relations as well as oil trade
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (2014–2015).
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Leaving Turkey as the organisation's only major supporter
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2013· 8 entries
Turkish workers' rights and working conditions had come under heavy international and domestic scrutiny
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Davutoğlu spoke of developing a closer union between former Ottoman lands, though he stated that territorial claims would never rest on historical borders
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Turkey has been seen as the Brotherhood's last friendly country within the region
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And 2014 have been significantly more negative and critical
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Davutoğlu brought a possible two-state solution of the Cyprus dispute to Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos after controversy erupted over the ownership of offshore oil reserves
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With Davutoğlu and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif jointly calling for a ceasefire ahead of the January 2014 Geneva peace talks
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The two sides still failed to agree on the fate of Syria, yet both emphasised that they would formulate a strategic plan to bring peace and stability throughout the region
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Davutoğlu's government will target a GDP of $1
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2012· 2 entries
Followed by a sudden deterioration shortly after the latter's removal in 2013
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And the election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president, the Turkish authorities re-affirmed Turkey's continued support for Somalia's government, its territorial integrity and sovereignty
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011–2014).
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And the leader of the AKP in both the June 2015 and November 2015 general elections
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2010· 2 entries
Which meets annually to review relations
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Davutoğlu set out four pillars upon which his foreign policy rests
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2011).
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Despite not being a member of parliament
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2007· 1 entry
Stated that Turkey was against the United States troops entering northern Iraq, with his opposition originating from the Kurdish separatist movements in that area
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2003· 1 entry
By the joint decision of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Abdullah Gül
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1998· 1 entry
At Marmara University and currently serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the same university, Davutoğlu has pan-Islamic notions rather than neo-Ottoman
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1990· 1 entry
“s attempts to integrate with western nations, and advocates a union within the Middle East in order to increase regional strength and unity between peoples. Due to the several different cultures and races which inhabit the Middle East today, pan-Islamists believe that only Islam can provide a strong and long-lasting union between peoples, since they only share Islam in common. Since Davutoğlu is a Sunni Muslim, Özkan stated that Iran is not part of Davutoğlu”
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-02-26.
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