Ahmet Davutoglu, former PM turned Erdogan critic, ends political career

Ahmet Davutoglu, former PM turned Erdogan critic, ends political career Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 20:49 Davutoglu’s Future Party failed to challenge the ruling AKP despite securing parliamentary seats through an opposition alliance Former Turkish prime minister and Future Party chairman Ahmet Davutoglu gives a press conference after his party's meeting in Ankara, on 19 December 2019 (Adem Altan/AFP) Off Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday announced that he was dissolving his Future Party and withdrawing from party politics. Davutoglu, a former close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said in a written statement posted on X that he was leaving “party politics” because of the country’s “dirty political climate”. “This is not a decision of surrender.