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This essay critically examines the motives behind the Justice and Development Party government's attempts to alter a balance of power that has served to sustain the military's self-ordained guardianship role by analyzing the government's strategic power calculus and the nature of the military's response to it. It is argued that the primary catalyst for the realignment of the civil-military has been the impact of broader foreign policy changes, notably the usefulness of the government's Islamic and democratic credentials for the Western alliance and the entry requirements of the EU, which include the democratic control of the armed forces. The internal factor that has had a significant effect on the civil-military balance is the government's deliberate steps to circumscribe the military's sphere of political influence. The combination of internal and international forces has brought about an increase in the secure space within which the government can maneuver without drawing a reaction from the military.
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