The main opposition Republican People’s Party, CHP, elected a new leader during this weekend’s general convention - Deniz Baykal resigned after a scandal and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was selected in replacement. Turkish people are now questioning if this can mean a political twist or merely a change of face and if the CHP will exceed at least 30 percent in the next election.

Kılıçdaroğlu has not only revived the CHP masses but also helped other opposition groups to have hope against the AKP government. The new list includes so many young females and males as never before including Gülsün Bilgehan, granddaughter of the second President İsmet İnönü, as well as other known names such as Süheyl Batum and Sencer Ayata.

The new leader is called ‘The Gandhi of Turkey' for his calm but firm approach. He already said his main concern would be fighting unemployment and graft. He plans to build a more democratic constitution and lower a 10% threshold for political parties to go into the parliament.

"The AK Party politicians rob you and build villas with pools for themselves and grow richer while claiming they are serving the poor," he told CHP supporters, who shouted "Prime Minister Kemal" and "Revolutionary Kemal". The CHP party was founded by Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938).

Meanwhile, the government seems to be very uncomfortable as the people start to demand a real change in the country, citizens are too tired of AKP but they need a strong and unified left alternative. The power has to go back to people’s hands.