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21 - Military Influence on the Constitutional Order: Turkey

from VII - Challenges to Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2022

By
Ozan O. Varol
Edited by
David S. Law
David S. Law
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Summary

The Turkish military has been a formidable force in the country’s political and constitutional order since its founding. At times, its influence has furthered liberal-constitutional development, but on other occasions, the military has hampered that same development. The chapter will discuss the military’s historical relationship with Turkey’s constitutional order and analyze the lessons it offers for other contexts.

Keywords

Civil-Military RelationsDemocratic CoupMilitary Political InfluenceTurkish MilitaryErdoğan2016 Turkish CoupCoup d'etatJustice and Development PartyTurkeyDemocratization
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Constitutionalism in Context , pp. 474 - 496
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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