President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has performed as well as expected and has won the presidential elections becoming Turkey's first head of state to be elected by the people. The participation rate in the elections was lower than in the March 30 local elections, which was largely because a large number of voters were away on summer holidays. It is clear that Erdoğan attracted some nationalist votes thus dealing a blow to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. The fact that pro-Kurdish Selahattin Demirtaş did well winning nearly nine percent of the votes shows that he has attracted some left-wing votes.Now, both Erdoğan and the Turkish nation have to come to terms with the conditions of the new Turkey which has been proven by the legitimate approval of the people who have elected their new president. A de facto presidential system became a reality on Sunday night and now nothing will be the same again. The prime minister from now on will live under the shadow of Erdoğan. Erdoğan will now set a course for Turkey and everyone else will follow him.No one should feel any anxiety because of this as Erdoğan is the person who has led Turkey for the past 12 years and single- handedly transformed Turkey into a serious actor in world politics. We need to urgently set the conditions of the new system in Turkey which is a tough mission for Erdoğan. We need to set the rules for a new relationship between the government and the president who has been elected by the people. We need to set the rules between the Parliament and the president of the people. This means a serious overhaul of the system. Erdoğan is a party, a political movement and a phenomenon on his own. The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has performed well under Erdoğan. Now, Erdoğan has to keep this party afloat as this will be his political base. It will be a tough ordeal. This will also be a serious problem for the two main opposition parties who produced a joint candidate and failed. The main opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) and its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has failed. The MHP is also in trouble. They have lost yet another election. Now they will have much explaining to do both to their grassroots and to their voters.