Context and Circumstance: The Turkish Military and Politics

by Gareth Jenkins

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why and how the military exercises such influence in Turkey and whether it is likely to continue to do so. It argues that the role of the military in Turkey grows out of a specific Turkish context and is more a symptom than a cause of the country's flawed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198509715
• ISBN13: 9780198509714
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"