Turkey Strategic Security And Intelligence

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cited in Bilgin 2005, p. 179). The military's Turkish society and strategy position were criticized in EU reports in Turkey's accession process to the European Union (Cizre, 2004). The large position and involvement of the military in Turkish politics were argued to be major challenges for democratization in the nation.

The geographic place of the region, adjacent to two troubled neighbours (Syria and Iraq), is dangerous for Turkish stability and humanitarian challenges in the conflict-ridden Middle East. There are now about 4 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. Although many Kurdish rebellions have been going on since the early years of the Republic (Polat, 2008), the most current and long-standing military struggle with the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) is. The growing tension between Turkey and NATO is also a major cause of concern (Duke, 2008). Moreover, the Cyprus and Aegean dispute with Greece also compromise the security of the country. Greece and Turkey have dangerously ...

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of Iraq and the Levant but the Turkish government as a consequence of the assassination of a couple of local Kurdish activists in the border town of Suruc on July 19th, 2015.

Package Law for National Security

On March 27th, 2015, two big "package" laws were enacted by the Grand National Assembly, which significantly affected the country's national security and public order preservation. One of the kit legislation is Law No6638, Law amending the law on the police forces' powers and responsibilities, the law on the gendarmerie, the duties, jurisdiction, and some other Law on amending police. The sixty-eight article bill was originally enacted in Ru, which calls for a short while on ...

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