Two recent anniversaries define the choice Turkey will make in elections on Sunday.
The first, marked by a huge rally last weekend led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recalls the capture of Constantinople by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453. The other was the second anniversary of protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park, which Erdogan crushed. Turkish police blocked its commemoration.
It is the Gezi protests that voters should remember when they go to the polls. Along with the rest of the world, Turks should hope that the Kurdish party, now attempting to rekindle the spark of Gezi Park, ends up winning a share of seats in Parliament.