A beautiful summer ahead of us

I have been writing for days. I have been saying, ?It will be a beautiful summer.? 

Friends, it will be a beautiful summer. I can feel it. 

Three military coups and three interim regimes; these are the five sad signposts in my political memory? 

Whoever comes with elections should go with elections?  What a nice saying this is?  A nice wish I can now grasp fully. What a peaceful, happy saying this is? 

We have shown the entire Islamic world what this wonderful saying means.

In every election, there are losers and winners. Well, who were they in this one? 

Well, Turkey has won. Those who said democracy would also work in the Islamic world have won. Well, what about the political parties that competed in the elections? 

Those who have voted for the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the reasonable executives of the AKP, deputies, the party organization; I am telling you with all my heart: If a party is still gaining 42 percent of the votes in its fourth elections, if it is still the first party, be sure that it has not lost. 

What has happened is that it has found the opportunity to correct its faults and shortcomings. In politics, not winning does not mean losing. What is important is to be able to recognize the mistake, to make a correct diagnosis.

People?s Republican Party (CHP) voters, do not accuse your party by looking at the votes it has received.

Look, I am 68-years-old as of April 8. Repeating myself, I have gone through three military coups and three interim regimes. Until now, I had not seen a high-quality, refined CHP campaign. Turkey, with CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, has seen this new, civil, tolerant and calm style of politics. 

Many CHP supporters I...