"Reasons, Possible Solution, and the Unavoidable Eventual Repeat of History"
Here are my thoughts on the latest developments in Turkey, for whatever it’s worth.
The Turkish street protest in my view are primarily caused by a large percentage of the population (primarily large metropole residents) that feel frustrated for losing politically over such a long time (some 12 years), where they see themselves compromising to the needs of the other, no real representation in government and no hope in the foreseeable future of that reversing.
They are not one party, which is the reason they are not sufficiently represented. It's painful and demoralizing to be losing all the time with no hope in sight, it makes for a need to pick on any issue that can sufficiently bring enough opposition consensus to try and get a win, make a stand, regain confidence, faith and self-esteem, which is only normal in such circumstances.
People need to win sometime, you can't get them to play well if they don't make some small wins between now and then. They also need their space protected, they agree to other spaces choosing their own preferred style but they need their space and their city, they don't want it hijacked from them.
The solution really is to allow the opposition voters to make some wins and get some space, so they can remain a more accommodating and comfortable opposition citizens.
Moral of the story, if you are winning big and want to continue to win for much longer with the least resistance, let the losing minority constituency make some small wins and let them protect their space.
Anyway recent western democratic history shows us that no democratic leader is forever, max 15 to 20 years of successful leadership will bring down any leader in a democratic and competitive political environment (M. Thatcher/Blair). They always come down because they stop listening and believe what made them will keep them, they get too focus on achieving that last big thing.
They all pass to the second person in the party or the second person defeats them to the party leadership and normally that party has one or two terms left.
They would have however left their permanent mark on that nation by then.