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Context and Circumstance The Turkish Military and Politics

By Gareth Jenkins Copyright 2005
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why and how the military exercises such influence in Turkey and whether it is likely to continue to do so. It argues that the role of the military in Turkey grows out of a specific Turkish context and is... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Military and Turkish Society; Chapter 2 The Turkish Officer Corps; Chapter 3 How the Turkish Military Influences Policy; Chapter 4 The Turkish Military's Impact on Policy;

Biography

Gareth Jenkins