Is a coalition with Islamism possible?

A political consensus to restore democracy is the only solution to Turkey's deteriorating politics, but every day, we are moving further away from any possibility of a coalition that aims at a consensus. I have previously mentioned the difficulties of such consensus-building, such as the lack of trust among the political parties, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's personal concerns about corruption probes and the impact of historical culture wars between republicans and conservatives. Nevertheless, it seems that another big obstacle is the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) ambiguity on Islamism. The AKP was founded as a center-right party by denouncing Islamism and defining itself as "conservative democratic," but its self-definition has changed in time. After The AKP obtained control of almost the entire political system and state apparatus, the governing party became increasingly ambiguous about Islamism. Moreover, it started to express more willingness to present its politics through an Islamist discourse, suggesting that the AKP was the only legitimate representative of "the Muslim nation" and the leader of the global ummah. 

Despite the election results which showed the electorate's refusal of the idea of "Islamic state party rule," it seems that Erdo?an and his party is still reluctant to heed the message. The AKP supporters' media is full of opinion leaders' articles of coalition bashing; since many new AKP MPs are also columnists in the AKP media, their media essentially directly reflect AKP's views. One of them is the inventor of the term the "2002 Revolution" (Taha Özhan of daily Star). Since he is "a revolutionary," it is not surprising for him to be against the idea of a coalition! Unfortunately, he is not alone in his revolutionary discourse;...