Davutoğlu with five of his colleagues announced his resignation from the AKP last week. The resignations came after the ruling party started an expulsion process for Davutoğlu and some members of his team in early September.
By making his resignation announcement with his colleagues Davutoğlu showed that his initiative was not a single-man rule and that it was not weak as some in the AKP had portrayed it, Duvar newspaper said.
Since last week, other AKP members joined Davutoğlu by silently resigning from their party using the Court of Appeals web-site.
While resignations continue, Davutoğlu’s group has intensified efforts to develop the new party’s programme and identify its core cadres, Duvar said. The group has been using two headquarters in Istanbul and Ankara, while Davutoğlu has been visiting other provinces for consultation, it said.
Ayhan Sefer Üstün, the former head of Turkish parliament’s Human Rights Commission, has been developing the party’s strategy for judicial reforms, while İbrahim Turhan, who served as deputy governor of the central bank and president of the Istanbul Stock Exchange, has been meeting people in the public and private sector to discuss economic policies.
The party programme will be finalised in the next two months and Davutoğlu will announce the establishment of the party in late November.
The politician said last week during his resignation speech that he plans to start a new path based on common values was a historical responsibility for him and his colleagues.