In July, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) – religiously conservative but economically liberal – won a landslide in parliamentary elections called after the military balked at seeing Gül become president. That victory, combined with Gül’s election, confirm the AKP’s emergence as a party of realignment, and that, despite an upsurge of xenophobic nationalism, Turks wanted to integrate with the European Union.
在七月，执政的正义与发展党(AKP)—一个宗教上保守但经济上却开明的政党—在国会选举中获得了压倒性的胜利。这次选举是在军方企图阻挠居尔成为总统之后进行的。这场胜利，与居尔的当选一起确认了AKP作为一个再结盟政党的出现，同时也证明了尽管恐外民族主义在抬头，但土耳其人仍然想加入欧盟。