The problem is that the AKP’s victories, together with America’s courting of Erdogan and Gul, have triggered a crisis of direction among Turkey’s once-dominant secular and pro-western elite. Even if the AKP can rely on the allegiance of millions of voters and swarms of new members anxious to join the winning side, the secularists are deeply entrenched in Turkey’s institutions, universities, media, and business.
问题是，公正和发展党的胜利和美国对埃尔多安和居尔献的殷勤，已经在土耳其曾经占领导地位的世俗和亲西方精英中引发了方向危机。即使公正和发展党可以依靠成千万的选民和大量想要加入胜者一方的新成员的支持，世俗主义者仍然深深的盘踞在土耳其的公共机构、大学、媒体和商业之中。