"Turkey’s “Deep State” Surfaces in Former President’s Words, Deeds in Kurdish Town
By Jon Gorvett
When a former president and seven-time prime minister of Turkey says that the country has not one state but two, many naturally sit up and take notice.
When he says this a few days after nationwide riots, sparked by an alleged plot by one of those states to murder a long list of its opponents, it becomes clear that in Turkey, the nature of the state is no abstract political discussion.
Indeed, with two dead and the rioting spreading from the Iranian border to districts of Istanbul, the remarks by Suleyman Demirel made in a mid-November interview with NTV television had a certain urgency to them as well."
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