"TURKISH GENERAL PILLORIED BY THE FUNDAMENTALIST PRESS
By John C. K. Daly
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Since the founding of the Republic of Turkey 85 years ago, the Turkish Armed Forces (Turk Silahli Kuvvetleri--TSK) has seen itself as the guardian of the nation’s secular Kemalist traditions. The unresolved tension between the country’s Islamic heritage and its secular traditions is rising due to issues such as the government’s ban on headscarves at the university and its move to ban the ruling AKP party; and the mounting tension has now ensnared General Ilker Basbug, current commander of the Turkish Army, who is slated to succeed General Mehmet Buyukanit in August as chief of the general staff."
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