The party of Turkey For nearly a decade, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics while also defining his country's assertive new role as an economic and diplomatic power in the region.
Campaigning on his record of unprecedented economic stability and prosperity during nine years in power, Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) succeeded in slightly increasing his mandate. The AKP won 49.9% of the vote, an increase of nearly 4 percentage points from the party's performance in the 2007 parliamentary election.
"We are thrilled after winning one out of every two voters' votes in the country," Erdogan said late Sunday night.
In a victory speech delivered from the balcony of his party headquarters in Ankara
"To the Turkish nation, whether you voted for AKP or not, the real winner of the 2011 elections is Turkey
"No one should have any doubt, whether you voted for us or not, all of your beliefs and values and lifestyles are our pride."
"The obvious result is another landslide big victory for the incumbent, the AKP," said Omer Taspinar, a Turkish political analyst with the Brookings Institution in Washington
"People voted overall for stability. It's the same rule in most democracies, 'It's the economy, stupid.' People vote on bread and butter issues. They vote based on their living standards. The fact that Turkey
And on Sunday night, Erdogan made it clear a new constitution would still be a top priority.
"The nation has assigned us the task of creating a new constitution," he said. "We are not going to close our doors. We will go to the opposition. If they accept, we will sit down and work towards consensus with civic groups, with parties outside of the parliament, with academics."
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