"Civilian-military relations in Turkey and democracy
By Ihsan Yilmaz (Today's Zaman)
The issue of civilian-military relations in Turkey has been debated hotly since the visits to America of Foreign Minister Gül and Chief of General Staff Gen. Büyükanit. This despite the efforts of Mr. Gül to convince the public that there is no discrepancy between Prime Minister Erdogan and Mr. Büyükanit’s approaches towards entering into dialogue with Kurdish leaders of northern Iraq over the PKK and that their statements were complementary. It seems that nobody is convinced, and we have once again ended up with many questions regarding civilian-military relations, who should follow whom, etc."
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