First Davutoğlu Cabinet I. Davutoğlu Hükümeti
62ndCabinet of Turkey
29 August 2014 – 28 August 2015
Date formed	29 August 2014
Date dissolved	28 August 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Head of government	Ahmet Davutoğlu
No. of ministers	26
Totalno. of members	30
Member party	Justice and Development Party
Status in legislature	74-seat single-party majority at time of dissolution 311 / 550
Opposition party	Republican People's Party
Opposition leader	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
History
Elections	12 June 2011 10 August 2014
Legislature term	24th
Predecessor	Erdoğan III
Successor	Interim election cabinet

TheFirst Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was the62nd government of theTurkish Republic, which took office on 29 August 2014. It was the fifth majority government to be formed entirely by theJustice and Development Party (AKP) and was headed by its leader and the 26thPrime Minister of Turkey,Ahmet Davutoğlu. The government assumed office during the 24thparliament of Turkey and succeededErdoğan's third cabinet. Davutoğlu is the third AKP politician to take office as Prime Minister, afterAbdullah Gül (2002–2003) andRecep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014).

The formation of the cabinet was necessitated by theelection of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the 12thPresident of Turkey on August 10. Erdoğan, who headed the 61st government of Turkey, assumed office as President on the 28th, severing all relations with the AKP. The AKP had elected Davutoğlu as leader during anextraordinary congress on 27 August.^[1] The 62nd government of Turkey was sworn in by President Erdoğan on the 29th and was due to serve until thegeneral election of June 2015. The failure to form a government after the election, which had resulted in ahung parliament, resulted in the government continuing its duties for much of the25th Parliament while unsuccessful coalition negotiations were still taking place. The government was succeeded on 28 August 2015, almost exactly a year after being formed, by aninterim election government as required by theConstitution of Turkey. The election government will oversee the early election that was called forNovember 2015.

The cabinet contained one minister who was not aMember of Parliament, namely Deputy Prime MinisterNuman Kurtulmuş. Later on 3 July 2015,Vecdi Gönül also became a minister (National Defence) from outside Parliament.^[2]Hakan Fidan, the Undersecretary of theNational Intelligence Organization (MİT), was also seen as a potentialMinister of Foreign Affairs from outside parliament.^[3] Despite questions over his future and alleged links withFethullah Gülen'sCemaat Movement,Ali Babacan remained as Deputy Prime Minister within the cabinet amid economic uncertainty over his position.^[4] Leading AKP politiciansBinali Yıldırım,Hayati Yazıcı,Emrullah İşler andBeşir Atalay were notably not included in the cabinet.^[5]

After losing their parliamentary majority in theJune 2015 general election, Prime Minister Davutoğlu arrived at thepresidential palace to submit his government's resignation on 9 June 2015. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accepted the government's resignation, though the cabinet remained in power until Erdoğan called a general election and theinterim election government was formed.

Davutoğlu was formally invited by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to form a cabinet in the late hours of 28 August 2014.^[6] The cabinet was announced by Davutoğlu at noon the next day.^[7]

In accordance to the 114th Article of theTurkish Constitution, the ministerial posts for the Departments of Justice, Transport and the Interior must be given to neutral permanent secretaries three months before a general election. The amendment was enacted following the1960 coup d'état, supposedly because the serving leader of the opposition at the time,İsmet İnönü, had been delayed on a train by the government on his way to an electoral rally.^[8] Apparently for this reason, the resolution for the governing party to vacate the Transport, Justice and Interior Ministries was enacted in 1961 after theDemocratic Party government was removed from power. The Justice and Development Party has promised in its manifesto to abolish this Constitutional requirement should it win theJune 2015 general election. In accordance to this constitutional requirement, the following ministers were replaced by independent permanent secretaries on 7 March 2015, three months before the general election on 7 June 2015.^[9]

• Efkan Âlâ was replaced as Interior Minister bySebahattin Öztürk
• Bekir Bozdağ was replaced as Justice Minister byKenan İpek
• Lütfi Elvan was replaced by Transport Minister byFeridun Bilgin

After the government resigned following theJune 2015 general election, the Minister of Defenceİsmet Yılmaz was put forward as the AKP candidate forSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly for thenew Parliament and waselected in the final round. As a result, his cabinet position was automatically terminated on 1 July 2015. Prime Minister Davutoğlu stated that it was not practical given Turkey's circumstances in terms of the ongoing events in theSyrian Civil War to appoint an acting Minister, instead stating that they would appoint a new National Defence Minister until a new government was formed. Former National Defence MinisterVecdi Gönül, who had served between 2002 and 2011, was appointed to succeed Yılmaz despite not being aMember of Parliament.

The government was scheduled to come to an end following theJune 2015 general election. The AKP lost their parliamentary majority in said election, meaning that forming a new government may take significantly longer than usual due to coalition negotiations. Davutoğlu's cabinet resigned shortly after the election but stayed in power while coalition negotiations took place. With parties failing to come to a consensus, Erdoğan called anearly general election for November 2015, thereby dissolving the government and inviting Davutoğlu to form an interim election government on 27 August 2015.

Functions		Holder		Start	End
English title	Turkish title
Prime Minister	Başbakan		Ahmet Davutoğlu	28 August 2014	28 August 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Foundations andTRT	Başbakan Yardımcısı		Bülent Arınç	1 May 2009	28 August 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Religious Affairs and the Turkish World	Başbakan Yardımcısı		Numan Kurtulmuş	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for the Economy, Banking and Treasury	Başbakan Yardımcısı		Ali Babacan	28 August 2007	28 August 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for Counter-terrorism, Human Rights andCyprus	Başbakan Yardımcısı		Yalçın Akdoğan	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Dışişleri Bakanı		Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of the Interior	İçişleri Bakanı		Efkan Ala	25 December 2013	7 March 2015
			Sebahattin Öztürk	7 March 2015	28 August 2015
Ministry of Finance	Maliye Bakanı		Mehmet Şimşek	1 May 2009	28 August 2015
Ministry of Justice	Adalet Bakanı		Bekir Bozdağ	26 December 2013	7 March 2015
			Kenan İpek	7 March 2015	28 August 2015
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanı		Taner Yıldız	1 May 2009	28 August 2015
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock	Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanı		Mehmet Mehdi Eker	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı		Ömer Çelik	24 January 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of Health	Sağlık Bakanı		Mehmet Müezzinoğlu	24 January 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of National Education	Millî Eğitim Bakanı		Nabi Avcı	24 January 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of National Defence	Millî Savunma Bakanı		İsmet Yılmaz	6 July 2011	1 July 2015
			Vecdi Gönül	3 July 2015	28 August 2015
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology	Bilim, Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı		Fikri Işık	25 December 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı		Faruk Çelik	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication	Ulaştırma, Denizcilik ve Haberleşme Bakanı		Lütfi Elvan	26 December 2013	7 March 2015
			Feridun Bilgin	7 March 2015	28 August 2015
Ministry of Family and Social Policy	Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanı		Ayşenur İslam	26 December 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of European Union Affairs	Avrupa Birliği Bakanı		Volkan Bozkır	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of Economy	Ekonomi Bakanı		Nihat Zeybekçi	25 December 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Gençlik ve Spor Bakanı		Akif Çağatay Kılıç	25 December 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of Development	Kalkınma Bakanı		Cevdet Yılmaz	6 July 2011	28 August 2015
Ministry of Customs and Trade	Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanı		Nurettin Canikli	29 August 2014	28 August 2015
Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning	Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanı		İdris Güllüce	25 December 2013	28 August 2015
Ministry of Forest and Water Management	Orman ve Su İşleri Bakanı		Veysel Eroğlu	29 August 2007	28 August 2015

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