Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced that the real reason behind his departure was not his failure as premier but differences with his colleagues over principles.
"My term [as prime minister] was one of success. With this decision, there is no feeling of unsuccessfulness or regret over what I have done. I did my job properly and with honor," Davutoglu said at a press conference after the AKP’s central-decision making body decided to hold an extraordinary convention on May 22, Hurriyet reports.
"The fact that my term lasted far shorter than four years is not a decision of mine but a necessity," he said, hinting at tense relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the main reason for his sudden departure.