I and a group of my friends with different political views were at a dinner the previous night. We kept talking hours on the topic that should be more than easy for you to guess: the re-run of the election in Istanbul.
One of these friends, who I know is not against AK Party categorically although he is not its voter, said deep into the night, “We thought they would go through elections as they came to power in the same way, but their insistence on re-run of the election in Istanbul reveals that this may not be the case.“
I felt alarmed at that moment.
The following day and this morning, I came across a different version of this view in a number of alarming articles in newspapers written by commentators who have always supported AK Party and possibly voted for it in most elections.
The articles are questioning AK Party’s stand concerning democracy.
My mind immediately took me back to the year of 1996.