The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff.Now that the primacy of politics has been established, democratic control ofthe military has improved. However, the government now faces a challengeof a different nature. Behind the scenes, conservative Islamic movements areexercising strong influence on parts of the security sector. Now Turkey needsto strengthen oversight of the government by state bodies, an independentjudiciary, free media, and civil society. Such oversight can only be successfulunder the rule of law. If Turkey does not transform itself now into a fullyfledgeddemocracy, it will slide backward toward authoritarian rule
IN FEBRUARY 1997, THE TURKISH MILITARY INTERVENED in politics to protect secularism from the rising...
Abstract When one takes stock of Turkey's capacities and limitations not in terms of geopolitics, I...
The armed forces have always occupied a central place in Turkeys political agenda. The EU reform pro...
The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff.Now that the primacy of pol...
The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff. Now that the primacy of po...
The roles and missions of militaries around the world are expanding into new areas. This, inevitably...
Turkey has been undergoing major democratic transformations in recent years, but one issue remains i...
Since the 1990s, the Turkish military have emerged as a force defending Turkey’s secular democracy i...
Under the scope of the EU, militaries are distinct from civilian power, but they are indisputably su...
Entrusted by law with the dual task of protecting the state and guarding its founding principles, th...
This thesis analyzes the impact of post-2016 reforms in Turkish civil-military relations (CMR) on th...
A growing body of scholarship shows that Turkey has been part of a broader trend toward authoritaria...
Over the last two years, the Turkish Armed Forces (Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerı – TSK) have been subject ...
The article examines the establishment of civilian supremacy and presidential control over the Turki...
In Republican Turkey, the military has always had respect for democracy. However, from 1960 onwards,...
IN FEBRUARY 1997, THE TURKISH MILITARY INTERVENED in politics to protect secularism from the rising...
Abstract When one takes stock of Turkey's capacities and limitations not in terms of geopolitics, I...
The armed forces have always occupied a central place in Turkeys political agenda. The EU reform pro...
The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff.Now that the primacy of pol...
The Turkish government has won its power struggle with the General Staff. Now that the primacy of po...
The roles and missions of militaries around the world are expanding into new areas. This, inevitably...
Turkey has been undergoing major democratic transformations in recent years, but one issue remains i...
Since the 1990s, the Turkish military have emerged as a force defending Turkey’s secular democracy i...
Under the scope of the EU, militaries are distinct from civilian power, but they are indisputably su...
Entrusted by law with the dual task of protecting the state and guarding its founding principles, th...
This thesis analyzes the impact of post-2016 reforms in Turkish civil-military relations (CMR) on th...
A growing body of scholarship shows that Turkey has been part of a broader trend toward authoritaria...
Over the last two years, the Turkish Armed Forces (Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerı – TSK) have been subject ...
The article examines the establishment of civilian supremacy and presidential control over the Turki...
In Republican Turkey, the military has always had respect for democracy. However, from 1960 onwards,...
IN FEBRUARY 1997, THE TURKISH MILITARY INTERVENED in politics to protect secularism from the rising...
Abstract When one takes stock of Turkey's capacities and limitations not in terms of geopolitics, I...
The armed forces have always occupied a central place in Turkeys political agenda. The EU reform pro...