To expand on that, the new (now 10 years long) party in control of Turkey's government has been fining and jailing media companies, journalists, and prominent b

To expand on that, the new (now 10 years long) party in control of Turkey's government has been fining and jailing media companies, journalists, and prominent businessmen who don't toe the party line. A common technique is to charge "unpaid taxes" that exceed the value of the person or company's assets. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/16/turkey.press.freedom/index.html?eref=edition_business http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/16/turkey.press.... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41935210/ns/world_news-europe/t/turkish-journalists-jailed-over-alleged-coup-plot/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41935210/ns/world_news-europe/t/... http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/business/turkey-seizes-219-companies-of-uzan-family.html?ex=1338782400&en=9d25a953833eea5f&ei=5070 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/business/turkey-seizes-219... http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/26/idUSL2690587920070626 http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/26/idUSL2690587920070... http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=state-fund-seizes-toprak-firms-2009-08-09 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&#38... http://www.economist.com/node/17155758 http://www.economist.com/node/17155758 They have popular support for this. They have been re-elected twice, gaining millions of votes each time. The crackdown on dissent in the military is important because under the 20th-century regime, the military had the duty of maintaining the secular character of the state and would regularly overthrow governments that seemed to become Islamic. The charge that people in the military are planning to overthrow the government is immediately believable, but so many people have been arrested and the evidence against them is so thin that it appears like a partisan purge. Here is some commentary: http://www.opendemocracy.net/burhan-gurdogan/turkey’s-ergenekon-investigation-violations-and-inconsistencies http://www.opendemocracy.net/burhan-gurdogan/turkey’s-ergene... http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2011/12/gülenists-will-get-you-one-way-or-another.html http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2011/12/güleni... Soner Cagaptay has been the most prolific writer on the subject: https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=soner+cagaptay+ergenekon https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=soner+cagaptay+ergenekon Turkey has recently begun also arresting officers involved in the 1997 coup against the same Islamic party. They waited ten years to collect the power to do this. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=04&dd=25&nav_id=79951 http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2012&... http://www.todayszaman.com/news-279788-saner-the-impaler-among-detained-in-fourth-wave-of-feb-28-operations.html http://www.todayszaman.com/news-279788-saner-the-impaler-amo... Turkey's military has since surrendered its command. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/8671459/Turkeys-entire-military-command-quits-over-row-with-government.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/8671... Meanwhile in Parliament, a member of the ruling party can assault an opposition member and the legislature will vote to approve of the attack. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-parliament-sees-fresh-fistfight-among-deputies.aspx?pageID=238&nID=17267&NewsCatID=338 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-parliament-sees-fre... Turkey is currently the base of operations for the rebel forces of Syria who are largely Islamic fascists. I do not believe this to be a coincidence. http://content.usatoday.com/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delawareonline&sParam=54888144.story http://content.usatoday.com/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?... http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/11762/wjc_analysis_is_syria_about_to_become_the_next_al_qaeda_stronghold_ http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/11762/wjc_analysi... http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/22/scoop-obama-administration-does-it-again/?singlepage=true http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/22/scoop-obama-adminis... http://araborthodoxy.blogspot.com/2012/03/christians-expelled-from-homs.html http://araborthodoxy.blogspot.com/2012/03/christians-expelle... http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/06/save-syria-demand-end-to-supporting.html http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/06/save-syria-demand-...