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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
I suppose it possible you knew what this means without reading some obscure blog a minute before you posted. Still you do similar posts often enough I know it usually involves blog copying. But you might include a (copied?) explanation because I guarantee no one else here knows what this means. AND listen, I can hardly criticize posting some copies/contrived response, BUT I'm designed to be a nuisance sock.
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Better than a blog - BOOKS!
For some interesting reading by a (generally fairly conservative) historian, try some of Bernard Lewis' stuff on Turkey - try the essays in "From Babel to Dragomans", there are a couple on the role of the army following Kamal. They really became the guarantors of Kamalism after Attaturk established the Republic, and in that role periodically step in to guarantee a western-oriented Turkish nationalistic regime. They also have a broader role in society than our civilian controlled military, including control over some state owned enterprises.
Some great tweets coming on this stuff.
Someone from Lebanon just tweeted that they can't have a coup d'etat there, since they have no etat.
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