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Strong-Arm Democracy.(Turkish politics)
It's official. After four military coups since 1960, the Turkish Army doesn't interfere with civilian politics anymore. Just look at Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's most popular politician, banned last month by Turkey's Supreme Court from running in this weekend's general election. To most, the case looked suspiciously like a rerun of the Army's last and quietest coup, in February 1998, when it removed a previous government for the same reason as it did Erdogan--for being overly Islamic in a rigidly secular country. But no, says Turkey's foreign minister, Sukru Gurel. This was no pre-emptive coup. It was an example of "Turkey's independent judiciary" at work.
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- TURKEY: ARMY MAY SOON ATTACK KURDISH MILITANTS IN IRAQ.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service July 6, 2007 700+ words
...Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Turkey, Jul. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Gamblers in Turkey's capital have begun betting on when the Turkish army will began its invasion...by soldiers in Eastern Turkey. The attacks on the Turkish...in Iraq. The Turkish army has been drawing plans...
- Turkey's Army loses luster over PKK attack.(WORLD)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor October 17, 2008 700+ words
...Monitor Istanbul, Turkey -- Long seen as...were killed, the Army has been facing an...For decades, the Army has been Turkey's dominant political...decade as part of Turkey's bid to join the...oversight of the Army's budget. This...
- Turkey's army and the west's hypocrisy
- Magazine article from: New Statesman Omaar, Rageh May 14, 2007 700+ words
...have monopolised power, whether it is the army in Turkey and Pakistan, or family dynasties such as...way liberals in the west have applauded the army's intervention in Turkey. This is the same army that the left has criticised for decades...
- Is it a waning influence? Turkey's army.(Turkey's generals)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) June 14, 2003 700+ words
...campaigners over the years. But Turkey's meddlesome generals, who...argued, as usual, that "Turkey's special circumstances...Sakallioglu, an authority on the army. The top soldiers, who zealously guard Turkey's secular tradition, have...
- Turkey's Army Chief Arrives in S. Korea.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea May 31, 2004 700+ words
...31 (Yonhap) -- Turkey's Land Forces Commander...cooperation, the Army said. During his...with South Korean Army Chief of Staff Gen...cooperation between their armies, the Army said in a statement...firms, it said. Turkey dispatched a total...
- TOPSHOTS-TURKEY-POLITICS-ARMY
- Picture from: Getty Images ADEM ALTAN August 30, 2009 700+ words
...Images 08-30-2009 TOPSHOTS-TURKEY-POLITICS-ARMY Full Size JPG (1698 KB) Turkish...Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a parade marking the 87th...in Ankara on August 30, 2009. Turkey's military flexed its muscle...
- Turkey buys Army Tactical Missile System. ($47.9 million contract for Lockheed...
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily October 29, 1996 700+ words
Lockheed Martin yesterday said that Turkey signed a $47.9 million contract for 72 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS). The Foreign...that will be delivered April, 1998. The Turkish army already has 12 Multiple Launch Rocket System launchers...
- TURKEY: FIRST ARMY COMMANDER DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUE.
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database December 29, 2005 700+ words
...conference of the National Security and Strategic Research Association (UGSAD) in Ankara, former First Army Commander Gen. Hursit Tolon said that Turkey didn't have a "Kurdish problem," but that there was a Kurdish movement. Also commenting on...
