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Turkish President Erdogan approves new cabinet after election

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan delivers remarks after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Regnum Carya Resort in Antalya, Turkey, November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan approved on Tuesday a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu following the Nov. 1 parliamentary election where the AK Party regained the single-party rule it had lost in a June 7 vote. The announcement was made in a statement from Erdogan's office. (Reporting by Ercan Gurses; Writing by Daren Butler; editing by David Dolan)