The donkey rider who deserves a horse

For the opponents of the (somehow) ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), (somehow) Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu?s post-election speech must have been a relief. Speaking at the peak of his voice to a crowd of party fans - who must have watched Election 2011, not 2015 ? Mr. Davuto?lu, as usual, roared with the words ?the ?dawa? [Islamic cause],? and ?our holy march,? the destination of which was unspecified but known from earlier thundering speeches. Then he gave the real good news to secular Turks: ?We?ll continue on our path in a more determined way.? This may mean a mere 30 percent plus vote for the AKP in five years? time. 

The first words that came to Mr. Davuto?lu?s mind in a speech to fans were ?dawa? and ?our holy march,? at a moment when his party had lost its parliamentary majority and the power to form a single-party government for the first time in nearly 13 years. 

No doubt, Mr. Davuto?lu was trying to keep his party supporters? morale and spirits as high as possible under the (bad) circumstances. No doubt, either, he was trying to calculate, with the meticulousness of the academician he once was, to restructure his party, to cleanse it of corrupt politicians and their business cronies and finally to make a hero?s comeback in the next elections. 

Perhaps he is aware, or maybe not, that the biggest obstacle to any plan Mr. Davuto?lu could be making other than retirement is not the secular opposition he has been fighting like a Muslim Crusader. The biggest obstacle to his plans is the unhappiest man in town since June 7? The man who arrogantly rode his chivalric horse while Mr. Davuto?lu followed him behind on a donkey, just like in a Spanish canonical novel from the early 17th century. 

Mr. Davuto?lu should be...