Old Friends Threaten Erdogan's Reign
When Ahmet Davutoglu was forced out as Turkey's prime minister in May 2016, he pledged eternal loyalty to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I will sustain my faithful relationship with our president until my last breath, vowed Mr Erdogan's long-serving foot soldier, despite the well-known tensions between the two. No one has ever heard and will ever hear a single word against our president come from my mouth.