Reports on Turkey’s national elections:
The BEFORE (reported Saturday):

To most Turkish voters the election is a referendum on the AK Party’s record, which is strikingly good. The effects of AK’s “silent revolution” are evident everywhere.

And the AFTER (reported today.)

Accepting victory before a crowd of delighted supporters at his party’s headquarters in Ankara, the capital, Mr Erdogan immediately pledged to keep up efforts to join the EU. He also addressed fears among millions of urban and middle-class Turks that his party is bent on unravelling decades of determinedly secular rule launched under the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk. “No matter who you voted for, I respect your choice,” Mr Erdogan said.

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