President Gül congratulates Davutoğlu, the new leader of AK Party

President Abdullah Gül, who will transfer his post to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday, has called Ahmet Davutoğlu and congratulated him after Davutoğlu was chosen as the new leader of Turkey's ruling AK Party on Wednesday.

Speaker of the Turkish National Assembly, Cemil Çiçek also congratulated Davutoğlu and said Turkey's current politics will not drastically change by this development.

Çiçek stated that he will take part in President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's inauguration ceremony in the Çankaya Presidential Palace.