That's what I said Jacqui - he HAS been elected, according to the results.
I think Jacqui was simply correcting that he has been elected President not PM (Prime Minister) an office he has held since 2002.
Erdogan once said that democracy is like riding a train - once you get to your station you get off. Is becoming President his "station". That's a pretty chilling thought. What is the future going to be like? I think there is little doubt that RTE will try to continue is Islamification project. How far you think he will get with depends, I suggest, on your answer to two related questions. 1) Has his current popularity been built on widespread conservative Islamic inclinations in the majority of the Turkish population or have a large number of his supporters allowed him to indulge his religious whims because he has delivered the "economic miracle" of growth, currency stability and personal prosperity? 2) If your answer to the first question is the same as Clinton's "It's the economy, stupid", then do the think the wheels are going to fall that in 2015. And will it happen before the General Election in June 2015. My guess is that the Turkish economy is going to have a very bumpy ride next year. But not in time for it to impact on the election. So AKP will retain its power thus allowing RTE to continue his Islamification programme. If so, be ready for the spread of non-alcohol zones, gender segregated beaches in more resorts, new Islamic resorts for Middle East tourists with 5* hotels built by RTE's family and friends, and all the rest that comes with this.
P.S. I concentrated on the tourist implications not because it is of particularly great importance to the Turkish economy (only about 7% I think) but because I thought it of most interest to this forum.
