Top Turk general warns of Islamist threat
A top general said on Monday Turkey faces a growing Islamist threat and he strongly defended the army’s right to speak out on the issue despite European Union criticism about military “interference” in politics. Turkey’s military, which drove a government from power as recently as 1997, views itself as the ultimate guardian of the country’s secular order, but it has seen its considerable powers trimmed in recent years by EU-inspired reforms. Full Story