Early elections- unless there is freedom from palace tutelage

This is what Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said about a coalition: "We will start negotiations; there will be no delays." He then added, "We will not hesitate to opt for elections if a coalition is not formed." 

What an empty and meaningless sentence.

If a government is not able to be formed, then, according to the constitution, there will be early elections anyway, regardless of you hesitating or not. 

It looks as if the heat wave coming from the Be?tepe Presidential Palace has affected Davuto?lu; he also inclined toward an early election. 

Or, maybe, he actually wants to form a coalition but, I think, by saying such words he might be able to ease the tension at Be?tepe. 

Journalist Abdülkadir Selvi has already written, "The red line of Davuto?lu is Recep Tayyip Erdo?an." I do not know whether this is a "wish" coming from Be?tepe or is it that Davuto?lu is trying to calm down the resident of the palace by talking like this. Nevertheless, declaring red lines before starting to negotiate a matter must be the "Turkish style of bargaining." 

All political parties now have more than one red line. How can common ground be found in a negotiation process which has so many red lines? 

While Erdo?an prolonged giving the mandate to form a government, he was counting on this. He was calculating, "Let them talk and fish for applauses with their comments, so that it will not be possible for them to agree."

There is only one thing to spoil that and it is Ahmet Davuto?lu conducting a determined negotiation process to form a government. If he acts determinedly, we can say that, even though it may be tough, he will succeed in the end. 

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