With an 87% turnout and 97% of votes valid, few can deny that the Turkish election was a success. Nor can anyone deny the popularity of the AKP party, after they won with a massive 49.95% of the votes.
The AKP party wanted 330 seats to give them a super majority in parliament. This would have allowed them to make the changes to the constitution laid out in the constitutional reform bill without needing support from opposition members. With 326 seats they will need a little support if they are to get the changes through.
If the comments on leading Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet Daily News, are anything to go by, the population is generally happy with the result.
"That landslide victory for Erdogan proves that Turkish people voted for economic prosperity, social cohesion and democratic reform. Bravo!!," says a guest commenter calling himself Konstantinos.
"The public is happy with the result...It will make a great impact on turkish economy because Turkish economy was requiring stabilisation," says another calling himself Sarf.
The Turkish economy is booming and the country's population are prospering, of course they (the majority of them at least) want the prosperity to continue.
The AK Party has always shown eagerness to boost foreign investment in Turkey, including to make it easier for foreigners to buy property in Turkey, so obviously we are happy with the result as well.
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