Davutoğlu 's administration oversaw an escalation of conflict between the government and the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) after a two-year ceasefire broke down in mid-2015 , with his premiership being described as the ' bloodiest ' in Turkey 's history . His government originally authorised airstrikes against both PKK and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) positions on 20 July after a suicide bombing killed 32 people in the southeastern town of Suruç . The government 's offensive against ISIL suffered sustained criticism by allies such as the United States over Turkey 's lack of action against the group , though the political opposition accused Davutoğlu of sparking the conflict deliberately to win back votes and regain a parliamentary majority in the November 2015 snap election . His government also presided over the ongoing political conflict with the Gülen Movement and the spillover effects of the Syrian Civil War across the border with Turkey , as well as the European migrant crisis that emerged as a result . Although his foreign policy outlook has been described as Neo-Ottoman or Pan-Islamist , Davutoğlu made Turkey 's accession bid to the European Union a strategic target for his government . He has been criticised for failing to tackle political corruption and for growing government authoritarianism , with a new national security bill in early 2015 causing opposition commentators to accuse his government of turning Turkey into a police state
a suicide bombing killed 32 people
2015 Suruç bombing
Ahmet Davutoğlu