...Ali Balci The history of the “deep state”—also known as Ergenekon —in Turkey starts with the foundation of the modern republic. Although references to the deep state date back to an earlier period, this essay examines coverage of it in the Turkish media during the late 1990s and the early-twenty...

... for the first time, was a second, then the recent developments concerning Ergenekon , a layer of an undiscovered world of the Turkish deep state, is the third of its kind. Until almost the end of the 1990s, most Turks were oblivious to the somewhat enigmatic concept of a state within a state. In the days...

... “Islam-friendly” government in the context of an electoral democracy dominated by suspicion, conflict, and open confrontation between the sides. This essay examines the critical impact of the victory of the “yes” votes in the historic referendum of 12 September 2010 and the Ergenekon incident...

... that the generals deliberately exaggerated the solution-biased attitude of the gov- ernment and took it as reason to attempt to change the government, arguing that the withdrawal from the established stand would be like betraying Turkish national pride. For the indictment of the Ergenekon case, see “Ergenekon...

... Partisi (Wel- fare Party) and the Fazilet Partisi (Virtue Party). Likewise, the days of inviolability of the Turkish military were over. The Ergenekon affair in 2008 and the Sledgehammer (Balyoz) case in 2010 unraveled with the arrest of key members of Turkey’s senior mili- tary leadership who...

... military were over. The Ergenekon affair in 2008 and the Sledgehammer (Balyoz) case in 2010 unraveled with the arrest of key members of Turkey’s senior mili- tary leadership who plotted military coups. The Turkish secularist establishment has remained on the alert in matters involving national...

... Partisi (Wel- fare Party) and the Fazilet Partisi (Virtue Party). Likewise, the days of inviolability of the Turkish military were over. The Ergenekon affair in 2008 and the Sledgehammer (Balyoz) case in 2010 unraveled with the arrest of key members of Turkey’s senior mili- tary leadership who...