The Story of the day from the Middle East was easily the arrest of well over 50 Turkish military officials in connection with the. This elite class of "pashas" are being held in connection to coups.
There are two ways to look at these stories. On the one hand it could it signal "the end of the beginning" to to the Turkish "Derin Develt" or "Deep State" in which a shadowy group of officers and other figures hold much political power?
Critics have taken the opposite view. Some in the Turkish opposition hold that this merely marks a renewed assault by the ruling party against those critical of the regime of the Justice and Development Party.
Regardless the military as the defender of Kemalist anti-clerical Republicanism will remain an important figure in Turkish politics for the medium term. The military has staged coups or other wise toppled civilian governments in 1960, 1971, 1980 and again in 1997.
Over 50 Turkish commanders held over coup plot - Yahoo! News
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