The changing role of the military in Turkish politics: democratization through coup plots?

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dc.authoridGursoy, Yaprak/0000-0001-8909-6819
dc.contributor.authorGursoy, Yaprak
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:45:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:45:14Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe exposure of alleged coup plots in 2007 has shaken the guardian role of the Turkish military in politics. What were the conditions that led to the exposure of the coups and what is their significance for the future of Turkish democracy? Drawing on insights from southern Europe, the article argues that failed coup plots can lead to democratic civil-military relations especially if they work simultaneously with other facilitating conditions, such as increasing acceptance of democratic attitudes among officers, consensus among civilians over the role of the military, and the influence of external actors, such as the European Union. The article focuses on such domestic and international factors to analyse the transformation of the Turkish military, the splits within the armed forces and the resulting plots. It argues that one positive outcome of the exposed conspiracies in Turkey has been the enactment of new institutional amendments that would eradicate the remaining powers of the military. Yet, a negative outcome of the coup investigations has been an increase in polarization and hostility. Turkish democracy still lacks mutual trust among significant political groups, which creates unfavourable conditions for democratic consolidation.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13510347.2011.623352
dc.identifier.endpage760en_US
dc.identifier.issn1351-0347
dc.identifier.issn1743-890X
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84863951875en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage735en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2011.623352
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7467
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000306496400006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofDemocratizationen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Europeen_US
dc.subjectDemocratic Consolidationen_US
dc.subjectCivil-Military Relationsen_US
dc.subjectDemocratic Control Of The Armed Forcesen_US
dc.subjectFailed Coupsen_US
dc.subjectErgenekonen_US
dc.subjectBalyozen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectEuropeanizationen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectEnden_US
dc.titleThe changing role of the military in Turkish politics: democratization through coup plots?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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