It was already obvious that the general election of June 7 was going to be an extraordinary one. The results of the election abundantly confirm this. With one of the highest participation rates ever, 86%, the governing AKP lost about 10 points coming down to the level of 40%, the CHP took 25% which means it remains at the same level as it was in the previous general election in 2011, the MHP, the party of Turkish nationalism, took 16% increasing its votes by 3 points, and HDP took 13% which is a big leap from around 6%. Thus one of the most embarrassingly high election thresholds in the...