Turkey's new government to be announced on Friday
Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu will announce Turkey's new government on Friday, reports have said.
Turkey's first popularly elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, assigned the new prime minister to form the country's 62nd government.
Davutoglu will submit the composition of his new government to Erdogan at 11.30 a.m. local time (0830GMT) on Friday.
Davutoglu, who has been serving as foreign minister since 2009, was elected chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party at an extraordinary congress Thursday and became, de facto, prime minister.
Davutoglu becomes the second chairman of the AK Party succeeding Erdogan, who had been party leader for 15 years.
Turkey's 12th president, Erdogan, was elected on August 10, garnering around 52 percent of the vote. He was sworn in Thursday.
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