Saturday, May 29, 2010

How Turkey Tamed Its Army

"How Turkey Tamed Its Army
Fifty years after the country's most infamous military coup, Turkey finally appears to be strenghening its democratic institutions.
BY ALI ASLAN | MAY 28, 2010

On May 27, 1960, Turkish military officers arrested democratically elected Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, and members of his cabinet. Menderes was placed on a trial before a military-orchestrated special court on charges of treason, and was subsequently hanged. For the last half century, Turkey has been struggling to overcome this original sin in civil-military relations."

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