By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Turkey experienced a political and military earthquake yesterday.
Turkey's military chief of staff, head of ground forces, head of the navy and head of the air force all retired. All because General Isik Kosaner said that he can no longer protect his staff.
200 military personnel are now arrested and are being tried for plotting coups - 40 of them are generals. One very famous case "The Sledghammer" was actually made into an army seminar.
The army has always been the safety switch in Turkey. The army created coups and ousted government in 1960, 1980 and 1997.
The army in Turkey is staunchly secular, but the prime minister and his party are devout Muslims. It was the army that always forced the country to separate religion and state. And it was the army that kept Islam out of power.
But now the leadership of Turkey is boldly professing their Islamic practice. They are in power and this Muslim leadership wants the army out of politics.
This mass retirement is a very dangerous sign. It can have a huge impact on the preparedness and safety of Turkey.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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