a very secular affair: the power struggle of turkey's elites

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A Very SeculAr AffAir:The Power STruggle ofTurkeyS eliTeS

Michael Thumann

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Many first generationteachers from the1920s and 1930swere referred toas the soldiersof the educationarmy under the commandof the chief teacher Atatrk.

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A feeling of marginalizationoverwhelms theclassic elites asimmigrants takeover large parts of Turkeys big citiesand the politicalrepresentativesthey usually votefor dominate many municipalities.

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The strongestopposition party,the secularistCHP, was led by an able hour-to- hour tacticianand an extremely unable political

strategist withthe same name:Deniz Baykal.

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The outdatedTurkishconstitution waswritten under the tutelageof the army in1982 and many amendmentsfollowed this spirit.

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