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"Davutoglu gav ikke en ærlig grund hvorfor han træder tilbage. Det var en overraskelse for os alle," sagde en embedsmand som er bekendt med Tyrkiets regerende Justice and Development Parti (AKP), til Deutsche Welle.
Den tyrkiske primierminister bekendtgjorde i sidste uge at han ville træde tilbage. Dette var ikke helt uforventet, da spændinger mellem Davutoglu og Præsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan havde vokset, men impakten af Davutoglus beslutning kan have alvorlige konsekvenser for Tyrkiets fremtid.
"Jeg ønsker at være optimistisk, men jeg er nød til at sige at Tyrkiets politiske liv er ved at gå i retning af en blindgyde," sagde direktøren, Tarhan Erdem for KONDA meningsmålingfirmaet til DW. "Herfra og fremover vil vi ikke være istand til at vurdere hvad der vil ske med samfundet. Med andre ord, Tyrkiet har begivet sig ud i en uforudsigelig process."
Erdem peger på Erdogans mere og mere diktatoriske metoder, inklusiv bestraffelse af journalister og akademikere som er kritiske overfor den tyrkiske regering.
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"If a president imposes his own will without changing the constitution, it means that Turkish democracy has begun to lose all it has gained. The president needs to immediately return to the boundaries laid down by the constitution," he says.
"What we are going through cannot even be described in words."
It has been suggested that even sultans of the former Ottoman Empire followed law and order more stringently than does the increasingly embattled Erdogan.
"If you look at Erdogan, everything he says instantly becomes law. Every day, Erdogan is taking steps toward a one-man regime," Erdem says.
"From now on there is only one man in Turkey - and that man is Erdogan."
Former Turkish justice minister and constitutional lawyer Hikmet Sami Turk agrees, telling DW that Davutoglu's resignation could spell troubling times for the future of the country.
"It is becoming increasingly clear with every event that Erdogan lacks impartiality. He intervenes in government tasks. He is acting like the de facto AKP leader. He is completely disregarding the constitution," he said.
"In Turkey, there is an Erdogan problem and this problem will continue to grow."
On the shortlist for Davutoglu's replacement are three candidates: Transportation Minister Binali Yildrum, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag, and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak. Of those, one is a close friend of Erdogan while another is the president's son-in-law.
"Without a separation of powers you cannot have democracy," Turk adds. "In Turkey, we are facing an imposed presidential system. In the process ahead, all of the pains of the transition to a one-man leadership will be experienced more intensely."
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