- The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
- Issue: 25
- Generals and Politicians in Turkey: 1983-1990
Generals and Politicians in Turkey: 1983-1990
Authors : William Hale
Pages : 1-20
Doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000118
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Publication Date : 1995-05-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Ever since our adoption of the multi-party democratic syslem, 'l'urkey has been in a vicious circle which has resulted in a military adminisiralion every ten years. Whcn the problem is examined, it will be seen that every ten years [the country] has entered a cul de sac in its foreign payments, an economic crisis has begun in the wake of this and that a military adminisiralion has followed the subsequent social and political unrest... [IIowever] the developments which have occurred in the last four years, during the period of the Motherland Party administration, are full of signs indicating that this vicious circle has been broken}Keywords : General, Politician, Turkey: 1983-1990