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

In harshly criticizing the foreign policy implemented by the ruling AK Party, the CHP assumes that Turkey can simply avoid problems around itself while pledging to bring peace to a competitive and chaotic region

Although some extreme groups try to create a fake chaos, Turkey is resilient in overcoming systemic shocks.

The main theme of the meeting related to Turkey's need to design a unique type of presidential system in light of its own democratic progress.

This is not about to listen to, or understand, what Davutoğlu says. This is about defining and positioning a speculative “other”, the AK Party.

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

Having successfully overcome internal and external crises in its first decade in power, the AK Party must now prepare for coming challenges while keeping its legacy in mind.

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.

The HDP's call for supporters to rally on the streets raises serious doubts regarding its commitment to the reconciliation process.

Turkey is going through challenging times from a number of angles, but fortunately, there is sufficient political and administrative capacity as well as crisis management experience to overcome these challenges.

Erdoğan's victory on Aug. 10, coupled with Davutoğlu's emergence as the AK Party's new chairman, proved the opposition's attempts futile.

The new paradigm should prioritize improvements in national savings and productivity increases in advanced manufacturing sectors via comprehensive investments in elite human potential, new forms of infrastructure and technological capacity.

In the future, the 2014 presidential election in Turkey will serve as an oftencited example of the difference between political engineering and genuine politics.

AK Party governments spearheaded most of the critical reforms expanding the rights of most disadvantaged groups such as devout Muslims, ethnic Kurds and religious minorities in Turkish society.

Such a development will prevent the recurrence of current debates on the conduct of monetary policy and place it on a firm socio-political footing.