Friday, May 6 2016 10:34

The main reason behind Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's upcoming resignation was his increased authority in the eyes of the West after his "migration deal" with Europe, says Ruben Safrastyan, Head of the Oriental Studies Institute at the National Academy of Science. 

Talking to ArmInfo, Professor Safrastyan said that at its latest meeting, AKP's central decision-making body announced that Davutoglu will not announce his candidature at the snap election for the post of his Justice and Develop Party's leader.  The prime minister's resignation will be announced at the Party's congress on May 22.  The next prime minister and party leader has not been named yet. 

The Turkologist said the authorship of the "migration deal" between Abkara and Brussels has positively affected the Turkish's prime minister personal authority in the eyes of the German chancellor and other European leaders seeking settlement of the migration crisis.  This could do an ill service to Davutoglu, Safrastyan said, since Recep Erdogan is hypersensitive to the people having a high authority both inside and outside Turkey.

"The EU and Davutoglu had a common negative stance on the Constitutional reform Erdogan has initiated to get an absolute power, which could determine Davutoglu's political future," Safrastyan said.  Brussels in the person of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said it is early to say if Davutoglu's resignation will affect the "migration deal."  Nevertheless, European politicians perceived the reports on upcoming resignation of the Turkish prime minister with ill-disguised anger.