Indirect praetorianism: the case of Turkey's military

• Authors: Valerij Shpak

Title variants

PL

Pretorianizm niebezpośredni: przypadek tureckich sił zbrojnych

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu przeanalizowanie mechanizmów niebezpośrednich interwencji wojska oraz wniesienie nowej perspektywy do badań zjawiska pretorianizmu w oparciu o studium przypadku ingerencji tureckich sił zbrojnych w wybory prezydenckie 27 kwietnia 2007. Wykazano w nim, że interwencja wojskowa w formie e-memorandum z 27 kwietnia 2007 była formą prewencyjnego zamachu stanu, często przeprowadzanego przez siły zbrojne pełniące w państwie rolę „strażnika”. W pracy zidentyfikowano podmioty bezpośredniej interwencji bez użycia przemocy, stosowane przez nie metody oraz negatywne konsekwencje dla środowiska wojskowego. Przedstawiona analiza nowoczesnych form pretorianizmu skupia się na tych formach działań niebezpośrednich wojska, w których trudno jest zidentyfikować jego interesy albo dostrzec wzrost jego wpływów politycznych.

EN

Based on a case analysis of the Turkish military interfering on 27 April 2007 in the presidential elections, the article seeks to analyse the mechanisms of indirect interventions and contribute a new perspective to the analysis of praetorianism. The study found that the military intervention that took the shape of an e-memorandum of 27 April 2007 was a form of veto coup that is often used by the guardian-type military. In this paper, the subjects of direct non-violent intervention, their methods, as well as negative consequences for the military environment have been identified. The presented analysis of modern forms of praetorianism focuses on such forms of indirect actions of the military in which it is difficult to identify the interests of the military or see an increase in its political influence.

Keywords

EN

praetorianism; coup; guardian; intervention; e-memorandum

PL

pretorianizm; zamach stanu; rola strażnika; interwencja; e-memorandum

• Publisher: Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Journal: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 4(206)
• Pages: 624-638

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Valerij Shpak

• Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0016.0757

Biblioteka Nauki

29551598