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| Turkey’s military chief warns pro-Islamist government of possible coup |
| 2003-05-27 |
| EFL The head of Turkey's armed forces warned the government yesterday that the possibility of military intervention still existed and that the government should be sensitive to the country's secularist constitution. Whoops. I guess someone pushed their luck too hard. But his most incendiary remarks were on the question of a repeat of the kind of military intervention which saw an openly Islamist government eased out of power with the military's help in 1997. "That was cause and effect" he said, "and if the cause is still there then the effect will be there also." Asked if the military would intervene again, he refused to answer. My God, cause and effect! Will miracles never cease? |
| Posted by:Brian |
| #5 I blame Simon Bolivar... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-27 23:59:29 |
| #4 Unfortunately Aris - you fail to notice that Islamic democracies DON'T EXIST!. Why? Because just like their intolerant and weak-minded religion, they must outlaw all opposition or other religions - once they manage to get elected the democracy stops |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-27 21:45:39 |
| #3 Turkey needs to place a short leash on those generals. The government did nothing to even approach the need for such remarks -- which were basically the threat of a coup. And the "parliamentary shenanigans" were just democracy in action. It's the government+parliament that sets policy in a democracy, *not* the army. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2003-05-27 20:12:37 |
| #2 Interesting comment from the General. As a result of the parliamentry shenanagins prior to the Iraq war have embarrassed the military and promoted the cause of the Kurds. Do we think the Turkish Army is happy with Mosul and Kirkuk? They might have had some influence in Iraq until the government stopped the 4ID. Now they are stuck sucking up to Chirac. |
| Posted by: john 2003-05-27 20:02:28 |
| #1 Don't be surprised if the Military does step in and stop these yahoo's if they go too far. They have done it in the past. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-05-27 16:36:29 |