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Old 11-30-2016, 05:02   #1
Pete
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Turkey

Any long time member of this board who has been following developments in Turkey can see this is just another step for it's leader.

The showdown for control of Turkey’s military

http://www.aei.org/publication/the-s...ampaign=113016

"Much of the reason why so many diplomats and analysts got the trajectory of Turkey so wrong for so long is that they focused on the cosmetic over the substantive. They focused upon the debate about head scarves in schools and universities, but ignored changes to the make-up of the executive board of the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), even though it was the latter which allowed Prime Minister (and now President) Recep Tayyip Erdogan to target his opponents’ financial holdings and business interests...."
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