Non-material sources of Turkish Armed Forces' political power : a "military in society" approach

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buir.advisorAydınlı, Ersel
dc.contributor.authorBiltekin, Gonca
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:02:46Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:02:46Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of International Relations, The Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 2007.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2007.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 156-159.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an attempt to understand the non-material sources of Turkish Armed Forces’ political power. For that purpose, the thesis looks at theories of power and relevant civil-military relations literature and illustrates that the current civil-military relations literature employs an institution-based formal decisionmaking approach to military’s political power, where non-material sources of armed forces political power is mostly overlooked. Moreover, current literature presumes the existence of a conflictual relationship between the military and the society where interests of the society and the military clash. Therefore, there is a theoretical gap which makes it problematic to study armies like Turkish Armed Forces, which enjoy a long-term and considerable support from their societies. In order to provide for an answer to such a gap, the thesis develops a “military in society” approach and establishes that the political power of the Turkish Armed Forces emanates from its distinctive relationship with its society which has historical, cultural, social and discursive dimensions.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBiltekin, Goncaen_US
dc.format.extentix, 159 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB104133
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14595
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPolitical poweren_US
dc.subjectPower sourcesen_US
dc.subjectCivil-military relationsen_US
dc.subjectTurkish Armed Forcesen_US
dc.subjectMilitary interventionen_US
dc.subjectMilitaryen_US
dc.subjectArmyen_US
dc.subjectSocietyen_US
dc.subject.lccUA810 .B55 2007en_US
dc.titleNon-material sources of Turkish Armed Forces' political power : a "military in society" approachen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInternational Relations
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMA (Master of Arts)

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