Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016
A scholarly analysis of the Turkish military in the 21st century by the Near East policy expert and author of What Went Wrong in Afghanistan.
 
On July 15th, 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup d'état against sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though the attempt was unsuccessful, the TAF would never be the same. In Opening the Black Box, former Turkish military advisor Metin Gurcan offers a rare look inside the TAF to examine how it has evolved in the 21stcentury.
 
With twenty years of experience inside the Turkish military, both on the field and in the corridors of the Turkish General Staff, as well as extensive academic research, Gurcan provides two detailed snapshots of the TAF: one before July 15thand one after. Offering a complete view of this complex institution, Gurcan offers scholarly perspectives on the TAF as a security organization, a social institution and, in the case of career officers, a profession. Gurcan also examines the evolution of civilian-military relations in Turkey over the last decade with a specific focus on the impact of the July 15 Military Uprising on institutional identity.
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Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016
A scholarly analysis of the Turkish military in the 21st century by the Near East policy expert and author of What Went Wrong in Afghanistan.
 
On July 15th, 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup d'état against sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though the attempt was unsuccessful, the TAF would never be the same. In Opening the Black Box, former Turkish military advisor Metin Gurcan offers a rare look inside the TAF to examine how it has evolved in the 21stcentury.
 
With twenty years of experience inside the Turkish military, both on the field and in the corridors of the Turkish General Staff, as well as extensive academic research, Gurcan provides two detailed snapshots of the TAF: one before July 15thand one after. Offering a complete view of this complex institution, Gurcan offers scholarly perspectives on the TAF as a security organization, a social institution and, in the case of career officers, a profession. Gurcan also examines the evolution of civilian-military relations in Turkey over the last decade with a specific focus on the impact of the July 15 Military Uprising on institutional identity.
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Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016

Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016

by Metin Gurcan
Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016

Opening the Black Box: The Turkish Military Before and After July 2016

by Metin Gurcan

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A scholarly analysis of the Turkish military in the 21st century by the Near East policy expert and author of What Went Wrong in Afghanistan.
 
On July 15th, 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup d'état against sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though the attempt was unsuccessful, the TAF would never be the same. In Opening the Black Box, former Turkish military advisor Metin Gurcan offers a rare look inside the TAF to examine how it has evolved in the 21stcentury.
 
With twenty years of experience inside the Turkish military, both on the field and in the corridors of the Turkish General Staff, as well as extensive academic research, Gurcan provides two detailed snapshots of the TAF: one before July 15thand one after. Offering a complete view of this complex institution, Gurcan offers scholarly perspectives on the TAF as a security organization, a social institution and, in the case of career officers, a profession. Gurcan also examines the evolution of civilian-military relations in Turkey over the last decade with a specific focus on the impact of the July 15 Military Uprising on institutional identity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781913118433
Publisher: Helion & Company
Publication date: 11/12/2020
Sold by: OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 312
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

After graduating from the Turkish War Academy in 1998 Metin Gurcan joined the Turkish Special Forces and served in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo and Iraq as the military adviser/liaison officer between 2000-2008. In 2008-2010 he achieved an

Table of Contents

List of Figures iv

Introduction v

1 Literature Review 21

2 Theoretical Discussion 56

3 Qualitative Analysis of the TAF before 15 July 82

4 Quantitative Analysis 166

5 Turkish Military After the 15 July Uprising 243

Appendix 292

Bibliography 300

Index 308

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