"The EU and the three phony arguments on civil-military relations in Turkey (I)
Onder Aytac & Emre Uslu
One of the most debated and problematic preconditions of Turkey's European Union membership process is civil-military relations. Obviously, the recent debates once again showed that a significant military influence on politics still exists in the country. The major counter-argument to demands for rearranging civil-military relationship according to European standards is grounded in the cliche that "Turkey's sui generis conditions should be taken into account" in any discussion on the subject.
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