Friday, May 11, 2007

Turkish military coups

Hilzoy at Obsidian Wings has an interesting post about recent Turkish political struggles, which include the army's hints that it may mount a coup. His post has a good summary of past coups (four since 1954?), and also of course Ataturk's original one that founded the modern Turkish state. Includes some interesting observations about how the conditions of the original founding influence Turkish politics today.

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