There were two additional reasons, which deserve attention. One is short-term considerations and the second is ideological differences.

With a significant drop in public support, the AK Party currently faces various challenges in forming a coalition with other parties.

There will be no major impact on the relations between Turkey and Europe because Turkey will still be a democratic country with a democratically elected leader.

In Turkey's political history, coalition governments have been marred by internal wrangling, turf wars, failures in governance, acute corruption and so forth.

In democratic regimes, how do political parties and leaders with prolonged tenures shelter themselves from the devastating effects of governing?

It is quite ironic that a supposedly pro-Western opposition seeks to undermine the possibility of Turkey's critical integration into the West.

If street violence undermines the nation's security and stability, the country might end up short of a stable environment to build a more democratic political system.

Does the civilization discourse of the AK Party, which ended the exclusion of religious Muslims and the Kurds from the public sphere, produce a form of, albeit more inclusive, nationalism?

If you were to scratch today's date off a number of ideologically-charged opposition papers and replaced them with, say, 1989 or 2002, you would encounter no absurd situation.

During his term in office, Davutoglu withstood domestic and international attacks with grace and passed every political stress test.

The first months of Davutoğlu's premiership are likely to be part of a transition period during which the foundations of the new political setting will be laid down without radical changes in the cabinet and main policy priorities.

The Turkish people not only elected Erdogan, but they also voted against the founding ideology of the Republic.

Erdogan’s presidential victory highlights that despite Turkey’s polarisation over the Kemalist era's legacy – the vast majority see him as the best route towards a modern, prosperous society.

The rationale behind Turkey's policies reflecting its cultural capital, in turn, relates to the country's redefinition of its national interests, which manifest themselves in the form of Turkey's strong reactions against the military junta in Egypt and Israeli oppression in Gaza.

There is less than a month to go before Turkey’s presidential elections but media is still not giving a clear view of vote

The normalising of Turkey-Israel relations since the establishment of Israel in the19th century has been strained by default.