 Davutoglu akava mukuru wezano rezvematongerwo enyika reRecep Tayyip Erdoğan mushure mekunge mutungamiri wehurumende ava, achigadzira maonero matsva ezvematongerwo enyika ehurumende yeJustice and Development Party iyo yaizounza Turkey kuti iite basa rakakura kuMiddle East. Nzvimbo yake somupi wezano mukuru yakabatana nekupinda kweUnited States muIraq muna 2003, naDavutoğlu vachibatanidza mhinduro dzeTurkey kuedza kwemauto ari kuenderera mberi munyika yakavakidzana neTurkey. Muna 2007, akataura kuti Turkey yakanga ichipesana nemauto eUnited States achipinda kuchamhembe kweIraq, nekushora kwake kunobva kuKurdish separatist mafambiro munzvimbo iyoyo. 