Context and Circumstance: The Turkish Military and Politics

by Gareth Jenkins

Book Overview

Analyzing why and how the military exercises political influence in Turkey, this book argues that its role grows out of a specific context and is more a symptom than a cause of the country's flawed democracy. It contends that the military's influence is neither uniform nor total and has resulted in a system in which civilian authority is primary rather than supreme. It analyzes the mechanisms through which the military attempts to shape policy, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198509715
• ISBN13: 9780198509714
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"