The Turkish Military’s Autonomy, JDP Rule and the EU Reform Process in the 2000s: An Assessment of the Turkish Version of Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DECAF)

Toktaş, Şule; Kurt, Ümit

doi:10.1080/14683849.2010.506737

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“…Although they did not completely abolish all the powers and autonomy of the military, 24 these initial civilianizing measures critically undermined the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)' privileged status in politics. 25 Reforms enhancing civilian control of the armed forces were complemented with other liberalizing measures concerning RoL and FF. In February 2003, the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Criminal Procedure were amended to allow retrial in civil and criminal cases found contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights by the ECtHR.…”

Section: -2007 Period: Akp's Survival Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

AKP's ‘Europeanization’ in Civilianization, Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms: The Primacy of Domestic Politics

Saatçioğlu¹

2014

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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Section: -2007 Period: Akp's Survival Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

AKP's ‘Europeanization’ in Civilianization, Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms: The Primacy of Domestic Politics

Saatçioğlu¹

2014

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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“…After the establishment of Turkey as a republic in 1923, the Turkish armed forces occupied a central place in the political system. They had exercised a dominant position in internal politics, foreign policy, economy and education (Toktaş & Kurt, 2010). The constitutional history of Turkey unveils that there have been frequent military interventions in politics.…”

Section: Civil-military Relations In Turkey Before 2002mentioning

confidence: 99%

Military Disengagement from Politics in Turkey: Lessons for Pakistan

Khan

Khan²,

Shah³

2021

GSSR

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The armed forces had a predominant role in the Turkish polity until 2002. During 1960 and 2002, the military had staged direct coups, i.e. 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997 and maintained an indirect role in internal and external politics through various institutions such as National Security Council (NSC), National Unity Command (NUC), Military courts, Military corporations (OYAK), and Military Pension Fund (MPF). However, the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has replaced the hitherto predominance of the army in Turkish polity. This research paper highlights that AKP has been successful in disengaging the military from politics with mass support, continuous successes in elections, and managing internal and external threats. Further, the manuscript explored the quest of Turkey to become a member of the European Union, great powers support to Tayyab Erdogan on ensuring human rights, and the principle of republicanism have contributed to the AKP project of civilian supremacy over the armed forces.

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“…Second, they showed the EU membership as their first and most important foreign policy goal. This line of approach led the AKP to have considerable support not only from the Islamist electors but also from businesspeople, conservative democrats and liberal intellectuals (Grigoriadis, 2009;Heper, 2007;Hermann, 2003;Karagiannis, 2016;Nugent, 2007;Özbudun, 2006;Somer, 2007;Toktaş & Kurt, 2010). In this regard, the AKP strengthened its efforts for the EU membership.…”

Section: The Akp-eu Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sekülarizm ve Ordu Etkisinin AKP Döneminde Türkiye-AB İlişkilerine Etkisine Yönelik Tarihsel Bir Değerlendirme

Önen¹

2020

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

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This paper argues that the European Union authorities could have misread the military's role in Turkish modernisation, and this misreading perhaps opened the path for the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi's (AKP) growing authoritarianism. To test this argument, the paper first outlines a theoretical framework by discussing the influence of secularisation theory in the modernist literature. Then it compares the secularisation theory with its postsecular critics. Through this, the paper aims to understand how a nongovernmental institution such as the military may lead to a secular transformation in a nation such as Turkey. Second, the paper makes a brief observation of secularist implementations in Turkey by taking into account the military's increasing supervision over politics and its influence on secularisation. Then, in light of the findings in the first and second sections, the paper finally discusses the potential relationship between the demilitarisation of politics and the rising AKP authoritarianism by considering the secularist and postsecularist approaches.

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The Turkish Military’s Autonomy, JDP Rule and the EU Reform Process in the 2000s: An Assessment of the Turkish Version of Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DECAF)

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

AKP's ‘Europeanization’ in Civilianization, Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms: The Primacy of Domestic Politics

AKP's ‘Europeanization’ in Civilianization, Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms: The Primacy of Domestic Politics

Military Disengagement from Politics in Turkey: Lessons for Pakistan

Sekülarizm ve Ordu Etkisinin AKP Döneminde Türkiye-AB İlişkilerine Etkisine Yönelik Tarihsel Bir Değerlendirme

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