The secular Kemalist state, by definition, can not escape the militarys veto by some political shift. It is however in everyones best interest to appear otherwise.
UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE. They tried a couple of times with a more radical islamist public agenda but those parties were ruled illegal. They finally figured out how to hide their goals so they could take power, and now they're slowly shifting the setup so that radical Islam can take over without military intervention.
The secular Kemalist state, by definition, can not escape the militarys veto by some political shift. --nky
First they neuter the military, then they turn the country to Islamic government.