Turkey’s prime minister has resigned in what’s seen as the latest move by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to expand his power. The prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, had split with Erdogan over his attempts to increase presidential authority. Turkey’s main opposition leader criticized the prime minister’s resignation.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu: “I should sadly express that Mr. Davutoglu paved way for authoritarianism by surrendering to the May 4 palace coup. However, the right thing to do in favor of democracy was to defend the duty he was commissioned for by 23 million people. He should have stood by the national will and said, 'I was brought to helm by people, and only they can ask me to step down.' He should have openly resisted the May 4 palace coup.”