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Following the AKP’s rise in 2002, civil-military relations in Turkey began to change significantly. The military’s tutelage over Turkish politics was gradually replaced with the AKP’s control over the Turkish Armed Forces. The July 2016 coup attempt put an end to the military’s prestige and popularity and ushered in a new era, with Erdoğan and his AKP asserting full civilian control over the military. This paper explores the factors that paved the way for the new civil-military relations between 2002 and 2016, reviews how the 2016 coup attempt became an opportunity for the AKP to further eliminate all opposition, and analyzes the impact of the upcoming 2023 elections and the opposition’s stance on civil-military relations.
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Jun. 3, 2021
For economists, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become something of a running joke. Stubbornly defying conventional economic wisdom and the experience of the Turkish economy, he has long insisted that high interest rates cause inflation and as a rule, has put his words into action.
There was a brief moment in November when many hoped that the Turkish leader was finally bowing to reality.
He fired his son-in-law/finance minister and the central bank government and vowed uncompromising structural reforms. But this week Erdogan was back in interest rate la-la land, declaring that a rate cut was “imperative” sometime this summer.