Intressant artikel på BBC om hur Turkiets armé ser det som sin plikt att uppehålla sekularismen. Ett värdigt mål kan man tycka, men helgar det medlen?

A retired four-star general, Edib Baser, who now runs the Institute for the Study of Ataturk’s Principles and the History of the Republic, sees the state as a building.

"If this building falls down everything… including democracy, freedom of speech, human rights… gets crushed underneath. So the roof has to be strong. The army keeps an eye on it."

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