First Davutoğlu Cabinet Birinci Davutoğlu Hükümeti |
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62nd cabinet of Turkey |
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29 August 2014 – 28 August 2015 | |
Date formed | 29 August 2014 |
Date dissolved | 28 August 2015 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Head of government | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
No. of ministers | 26 |
Total no. of ministers | 30 |
Member party | Justice and Development Party |
Status in legislature | 74-seat single-party majority at time of dissolution
311 / 550
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Opposition party | Republican People's Party |
Opposition leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
History | |
Election(s) |
12 June 2011 10 August 2014 |
Legislature term(s) | 24th |
Predecessor | Erdoğan III |
Successor | Interim election cabinet |
The First Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was the 62nd government of the Turkish Republic, which took office on 29 August 2014. It was the fifth majority government to be formed entirely by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was headed by its leader and the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoğlu. The government assumed office during the 24th parliament of Turkey and succeeded Erdoğan's third cabinet. Davutoğlu is the third AKP politician to take office as Prime Minister, after Abdullah Gül (2002-2003) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003-2014).
The formation of the cabinet was necessitated by the election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the 12th President of Turkey on August 10. Erdoğan, who headed the 61st government of Turkey, assumed office as President on the 28th, severing all relations with the AKP. The AKP had elected Davutoğlu as leader during an extraordinary congress on 27 August. The 62nd government of Turkey was sworn in by President Erdoğan on the 29th and was due to serve until the general election of June 2015. The failure to form a government after the election, which had resulted in a hung parliament, resulted in the government continuing its duties for much of the 25th Parliament while unsuccessful coalition negotiations were still taking place. The government was succeeded on 28 August 2015, almost exactly a year after being formed, by an interim election government as required by the Constitution of Turkey. The election government will oversee the early election that was called for November 2015.