Turkey ruling party confirms Davutoglu as Erdogan successor

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu waves at AKP party members during their extraordinary party congress in Ankara on August 27, 2014.  AFPTurkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Wednesday confirmed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the successor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as premier and party leader. In a purely ceremonial vote at a congress a day before Erdogan takes office as president, the AKP overwhelmingly approved Davutoglu, who was the only candidate standing.