30.04.2015 - 00:20 [ Taylan Tosun /ZNet ]

Turkish Military Returning to the Stage… Just Before the Elections

There will be a very crucial national election in Turkey on 7th June, 2015.(…)
This provocation was not effective for the eyes that are not blinded by pro-AKP propaganda machine, because it was so awkwardly plotted that it became obvious that it was a plot. Even the leader of the statist main opposition party CHP, Kılıcdaroglu acclaimed that the soldiers were deliberately sent to death –although his aim was basically to defend the military.
The Ağrı provocation showed that how T. Erdoğan and AKP can take every risk to remain in power and to protect the advantages of newly developed elites.
But it also showed a more crucial possibility: as President of Republic T. Erdoğan and his ruling party ally themselves with the military in order to remain in power, the military is returning to the political stage and increases slowly its weight. At the end of day who will benefit most from this collaboration? Recent history has made it clear that every time the Turkish military increased its sphere of influence, any attempt to a lasting peaceful solution to the Kurdish had been doomed to fail and the governing leader and his/her party had found out that their maneuvering room has been restricted.