Turkey: if Islam Enters the Barracks
Turkey: if Islam enters the barracks The Ankara army has always been a bulwark of the secular values of Kemalism. The failed coup of July 15, according to the government, reveals instead the infiltration of a religious movement in the armed forces. On 15 July 2016, Turkey suffered an attempted coup by the army. The country is not new to government overthrow. Three military coups took place in the second half of the twentieth century (1960, 1971, 1980), and in…