I agree that Erdogan has been OK as PM. But the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators proves that the people do not want to see him or Gul as President. And it also proves how much the people trust Buyukanıt.

None of this matters now. With early elections in June, Erdogan and Gul are finished. And they only have themselves to blame.

I had my first taste of tear gas today, thank you to the lefties. I had an appointmnet in Sultan Ahmet area this afternoon. But with no buses, tram or metro running. Had to walk from Mecidiyekoy to get there.... Needed the exercise i guess. But I stopped at my friends hotel in Taksim for a little while and had a front row view of some of the excitement.
Also, only one lane on both bridges were open as they were searching every car. Traffic line in first bridge was to Fenerbahce almost. Why do communists always create lines?

KeithL.....
My words are very clear,and no need to prediction.

İ said in any case Army should NOT threat a governmet.

(By turkish constitution, this is armys duty.)

İ said army SHOULD be ruled by governmet.

(Turkey is different than other countries. It is armys responsibility to protect the constitution and the people from the government)

The point was,a government has been elected by people should only rule both people and army.

(37% of people voted for erdogan for PM, not President. An islamist cannot become President. Its that simple)

Canli, I'm not saying you hate Ataturk. You may not even know who Ataturk is. But it is true that the very pro-islamists hate Ataturk. When you go to other Islamic countries and discuss Turkish politics, they speak of Ataturk as their worst enemy.

Armegon,
Your post should have explained to anyone that did not understand why AK Party (or any other fundamental islamic polticians) cannot become President.
And for those that keep pointing out Erdogan was elected PM, remember, he had less than 40% of the vote. So a majority of Turks did not vote for him.
I will agree that he has been OK as PM, but as President, never.

I left early for work today, knowing traffic might be worse, (It's May day). The lefties did not dissapoint and there getting their heads beat by the police today, (God bless them).
Whoever said that yesterdays demonstation was by leftist politics was defnitely confused.
Today is their day...
Trudy, you asked what it was like during previous military takeovers. During the'70s, the left and right, beat each other in the streets, literally.
The militray stepped in and restored order, and a new government.