tal tradition, including sizable cadres of a civilian and military bureaucracy, from the Ottoman Empire; indeed, ... in the Turkish Republic, with only a small minority serving in other successor states such as Syria, Iraq, or Libya.
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Language: en
Pages: 276
Pages: 276
Books about State, Democracy, and the Military
Language: en
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Democratic institutions in the post-Cold War era have come to be seen as the only legitimate forms of governance. But the longstanding legacy and frequent incidence of military rule over the past half century continue to threaten newly instituted democratic regimes. The disintegration of order and government in many societies
Language: en
Pages: 236
Pages: 236
The deep state ranks among the most critical issues in Turkish politics. This book traces its origins and offers an explanation of the emergence and trajectory of the deep state; the meaning and function of informal and authoritarian institutions in the formal security sector of a democratic regime; the involvement
Language: en
Pages: 294
Pages: 294
This comparative study explores the involvement of the United States in four successful military coups in Turkey and Pakistan during the Cold War. Focusing on military-to-military relations with the US in each country, the book offers insight into how external actors can impact the outcomes of coups, particularly through socialization
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Over the last decade the once marginal extreme right of the Turkish ideological spectrum has grown in size as well as in influence and has effectively reshaped party competition in Turkey. Policy mandates and electoral bases of the rising extreme right rely on potentially explosive social cleavages in the country.