Abstract
There is turmoil in Turkey, both internally involving Turkish President Recep Taip Erdogan, an undisputed political leader in the past decade in Turkey on one side, and followers of Fetullah Gulen, a prominent and influential religious and political leader currently residing in the Unitest States of America on the other side are fighting fiercely both in courts both in winning public opinion. Dispute is over the future that Turkey should take: towards West and its values or towards its former Ottoman glory projected in new 21 century. The secular order of the Turkish state has been challenged in the recent years as Erdogan promoted its agenda of revitalizing and reaffirming the Turkish Islamic tradition. This was pushed forward with the influence of current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutogllu, who has never hidden his vision of Turkey with a neo-Ottoman future going further to promoting Pan-Islamism under Turkish leadership. There have been numerous allegations that the Government of Turkey is disrupting the work of the opposition as well as preventing freedom of press. In December of 2014, 23 journalists and editors were detained in orchestrated raids accused of having close ties with Fetullah Gulen whom Erdogan accuses of establishing a “parallel organization inside Turkey” aiming to overthrow his democratic government. There is also well known “Ergenekon Affair” which lead to 275 arrests of prominent police and army officers, most highly ranked being Chief General Staff Gen. Iker Basburg. After a five year trial Basburg alongside 18 fellow officers received life-sentences by Istanbul’s 13 High Criminal Court. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n1s2p265
Highlights
There is turmoil in Turkey, both internally involving Turkish President Recep Taip Erdogan, an undisputed political leader in the past decade in Turkey on one side, and followers of Fetullah Gulen, a prominent and influential religious and political leader currently residing in the Unitest States of America on the other side are fighting fiercely both in courts both in winning public opinion
Turkey openly backs Palestinian cause, backed regime change in Syria, backed "Muslim Brotherhood" in Egypt, and currently is in what is described as ambivalent stance with the Islamic State
Turkish ambitions where adopted in the document “Turkish Strategic Vision 2023”, adopted by ruling AK party in September 30th 2012, where a plan was outlined with specific target goals to be met both domestically and more important in foreign policy
Summary
There is turmoil in Turkey, both internally involving Turkish President Recep Taip Erdogan, an undisputed political leader in the past decade in Turkey on one side, and followers of Fetullah Gulen, a prominent and influential religious and political leader currently residing in the Unitest States of America on the other side are fighting fiercely both in courts both in winning public opinion. Turkish ambitions where adopted in the document “Turkish Strategic Vision 2023”, adopted by ruling AK party in September 30th 2012, where a plan was outlined with specific target goals to be met both domestically and more important in foreign policy.
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