Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu greet their supporters as they leave Friday prayers in Ankara August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ANKARA (Reuters) - By temperament they appear opposites, but Turkey's softly spoken new prime minister and the man he replaces - firebrand president-elect Tayyip Erdogan - share a deep bond based on a determination to restore Turkey to its former glories.
Outgoing foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be confirmed by the ruling AK party as its new chairman this week and will become prime minister after Erdogan is sworn in as Turkey's first directly elected head of state on Aug. 28.
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