Abstract
In order to satisfy the European laws and regulations that constitute the European Union acquis of the Copenhagen criteria, the ruling Justice and Development Party legislated a total of nine harmonization laws from 2002 to 2004. This essay focuses on four amendments made within the Seventh Harmonization Package, which restructured the composition and functions of the National Security Council, causing speculation that such reforms would emasculate the centrifugal power of the military high command, shifting the balance of civil–military relations to the suits. This essay challenges the view that reforms have brought about a change in civil–military relations in Turkey. Using a number of examples, it will be shown that the balance of power in fact remains in favor of the military.
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