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The article states that the Islamist political party of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Justice and Development Party (A.P.K.), won 49.3 percent of the popular vote and a majority of 316 seats in the Turkish Parliament in the November 1, 2015, Turkish election. According to the article, A.K.P.'s victory was unexpected and will allow Erdogan to continue to extend the limits of the presidency.

The article discusses Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (A.K.P.) Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policy towards Kurds in Turkey, in northern Iraq and in the Syrian Civil War, and how his policies affect Turkish elections, Topics discussed include the Turkish military's attacks on the separatist militant group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (P.K.K.) and its policy towards Kurdish political activity in Turkey. The relationship between the Turkish government's Kurdish policy and its attacks against the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS, or ISIL) is discussed.

An editorial is presented which examines the possibility that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might not win re-election in 2018, and it mentions Erdogan's authoritarian government, presidential power in Turkey, and the status of the country's democracy.

The article discusses parliamentary elections held in Turkey in 2015, noting that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (A.K.P.) political party lost its parliamentary majority in the elections. Topics addressed include the implications in terms of Erdogan's efforts to increase his personal power as president, as well as opposition to Erdogan from Kurds, liberals, and secular Turks.

The article reports that the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in the 2015 parliamentary election has revived his goal to establish an executive system of government with him as its head.