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Friday, November 08, 2013

Things are Getting Serious in Turkey: Is a Military Coup out of the Question? | Human Rights Practice in Turkey

Things are Getting Serious in Turkey: Is a Military Coup out of the Question?

Not too long ago, the answer to the question above would be: “Yes, a military takeover, of the kind frequently experienced in Turkey in the past, is no longer an option.” This would be the answer, not only because the country is now fully integrated to the wider world in untold forms, a possible disruption in civilian politics being thus likely to lead to truly catastrophic consequences, turning some such attempt into nothing but a suicide mission by the military, but also because the democratic alliance spearheaded by the ruling Party for Justice and Development (AKP) in the last decade overthrew the old bureaucratic order notably by  befriending, and relying on, the globalising forces of the wider world.

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