"The Army: Turkey’s most respected institution
(AFP)
29 April 2007
ANKARA - The Turkish army, which on Friday threatened action to protect the country’s secularist system, regularly tops opinion polls as the country’s most respected institution.
After toppling four governments in as many decades, most recently ten years ago, the military also remains a potent political force that many outside Turkey -- particularly in the European Union -- fail to grasp."
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