Military or Civilian Supremacy in Turkey?

It is evident that the military has always been dominant in Turkish politics given the fact that it is one of the founding-if not the core- components of the new republic. As a result, the military did not hesitate to intervene in politics since the establishment of the republic in 1923. However, the February 28, 1997 stands out as it was the first military intervention that was pursued as a process by post-modern methods. This book analyzes not only the previous patterns of the military coups in Turkey, but also the new framework of the civil military relations in Turkey while elaborating on the impact of the European Union membership process on democratization in the country until 2006.

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Sevgi Akarçesme is a political analyst whose area of interest includes Turkish politics,democratization and civil-military relations. After completing her master's in political science at Temple University, she worked at CSIS in Washington DC.She holds a second MA in international relations. She works in Ankara and contributes to periodicals.