Former Turkish PM Davutoglu quits politics, dissolves party

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced he is quitting politics and dissolving his Future Party, blaming the country's "dirty political climate" and erosion of democratic ethics. Once a key Erdogan ally who shaped Turkey's "zero problems with neighbours" foreign policy, Davutoglu later became a fierce critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He warned that the 2018 presidential system paved the way for authoritarianism, while stressing his exit was not surrender but a call to rethink politics.