Civil-military tensions are destabilising Turkey

Constant purges of the military will not consolidate but destablise Turkey's politicised armed forces

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  • Coup talk
  • Distrust of nationalist allies
  • The West or Russia?
  • 'Coup' of Erdogan's own making?
  • Yayci affair
  • Foreign adventures
  • Unstable military

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