Turkey's 842,000 seconds lost

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, on the evening of the day when he assigned Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to form the new government, addressed Turkey?s political parties, telling them ?not to try the nation?s patience.? 

Then on July 17, the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) Davuto?lu warned the other parties: ?Whatever you have in your bags, deliver it all. This country does not have even one second to lose.? 

In fact it was Erdo?an who waited until the last second to give the mandate to Davuto?lu, despite the fact he could have done so much earlier. 

According to the vibes they sending out, you would think that Davuto?lu has organized everything, has formed teams, and has made detailed preparations for each party.

But the AKP had no need to take a position or make a more detailed study. It was able to start negotiations immediately and catch the ?unprepared sides? off guard. 

On the other hand, let alone ?one second lost,? it has been exactly 864,000 seconds since Davuto?lu was given the mandate. He has so far spent only 18,000 seconds of this total in talks with the three other parties. 

During the ?lost? 842,000 seconds, he spent 259,000 seconds on a trip to Bosnia, 259,000 seconds on his Eid al-Fitr vacation, and 324,000 seconds on various minor affairs.

Leave aside the claim that the AKP is a master of doing everything itself but blaming others. What is the reason for wasting these seconds? 

As if Davuto?lu has all the time in the world

Culture Minister Ömer Çelik and Republican People?s Party (CHP) spokesman Haluk Koç undertook the duty for contacts between the AKP and the CHP. But they have not even conducted one meeting. 

One may say that the AKP is very busy, but...