Ahmet Davutoglu will definitely be elected as the new chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and also as prime minister to replace Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was elected president. I was the first one to authoritatively report this in the Turkish news media with the information I obtained from inside sources. I am 100% sure of this information. My report was used on the Internet sites of almost all the Turkish newspapers.

What was the process that led to the designation of Davutoglu as the new prime minister? In the last meeting of the AKP Central Executive Board, Erdogan raised the question, “Who should be the prime minister and party chairman?” The names of President Abdullah Gul, Binali Yildirim and Numan Kurtulmus were mentioned, but Ahmet Davutoglu led the list as AKP people in the meeting knew that was Erdogan’s wish. The same result came out of the meeting with expanded provincial party leaders. Ahmet Davutoglu was the top candidate of the party.

Erdogan had already listed three principles:

• The party chairman and the prime minister will be the same person.
• The rule limiting office holding to three terms will be maintained.
• The prime minister will not be a “caretaker” but an independent person.

Ahmet Davutoglu is the only name that fits this description.