Ahmet Davutoglu was Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014, before differences with President Erdogan saw him resign in 2016. He is a political scientist academic who was appointed ambassador, chief advisor to the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and then Prime Minister in rapid succession. In 2019, Davutoğlu resigned from the AKP accusing it of falling into a culture of corruption. He then launched a new political party, the Future Party, becoming its first leader, and now hopes to build it into a political force.