By Simon Waldman, Emre Caliskan
ISBN-10: 0190668377
ISBN-13: 9780190668372
ISBN-10: 019069467X
ISBN-13: 9780190694678
Assesses social, spiritual and political polarisation lower than the AKP of Recep Erdogan and the most likely results for Turkey's evolution.
summary: Assesses social, spiritual and political polarisation less than the AKP of Recep Erdogan and the most probably outcomes for Turkey's evolution
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In the summer of 2013, Turkey had been gripped by street protests. These demonstrated represented the biggest public challenge to the government since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) had come to power over a decade previously. ” However, unlike in Egypt, there were no calls for the military to intervene. The political challenge against Erdogan’s authority did not emanate from and was not supported by Turkey’s once powerful military. Its ability to orchestrate such challenges had seemingly become a thing of the past.
Until recently, this institution was a vehicle for upward mobility and cultural change. A staunchly secular institution, many officers come from the lower classes, from rural areas or sometimes even from pious families. By rising through the ranks, the individual becomes part of the elite, as do his children, who rarely enter a career in the military themselves, but instead attend good high schools and universities, then become professionals such as doctors, lawyers, teachers and academics. Within a generation, one may go from religious to secular, black Turk to white Turk.
In reality, social mobility and cultural identity is quite fluid in Turkey. â•… Take, for example, the ranks of the military. Until recently, this institution was a vehicle for upward mobility and cultural change. A staunchly secular institution, many officers come from the lower classes, from rural areas or sometimes even from pious families. By rising through the ranks, the individual becomes part of the elite, as do his children, who rarely enter a career in the military themselves, but instead attend good high schools and universities, then become professionals such as doctors, lawyers, teachers and academics.
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