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Yaşar Büyükanıt
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Yaşar Büyükanıt, the last Turkish general to threaten a coup
The former Turkish chief of the general staff will always be remembered as the man who threatened the AK Party — and helped it swell
Thursday 21 November 2019
Is this really a crisis?
The president election is taken to court, but doesn't this show the system is working?
Sunday 29 April 2007
Siamese observations
The parliament speaker Bülent Arınç and army chief Yaşar Büyükanıt could not be more different
Thursday 12 April 2007
Reforming Republican People
Turkey's opposition party must change its leader if it wants any shot at government next year
Sunday 10 December 2006
Shrinking Armies
Day one, post two, and something interesting has happened already. The newly-appointed chief of the General Staff, General…
Wednesday 9 August 2006