"Turkey and Ergenekon: From Farce To Tragedy
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
An epic military, political, and security scandal continues to absorb Turkey. The affair's latest bizarre sub-plots make the tensions between the country's 'deep state' and its constitutional order even more acute, says Bill Park for openDemocracy.
By Bill Park for openDemocracy.net
The sprawling, chaotic, all-consuming “Ergenekon” investigation into the activities of Turkey’s so-called derin devlet (“deep state”) shows no sign of abating. Indeed, its tentacles are spreading ever further as it moves from enveloping its politicians and public to polarising the state’s core institutions."
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