Projections on the Future of Civil-Military Relations in Argentina and Turkey

Abstract

In social sciences, there has always been a scholarly attention on civil-military relations in terms of democratic values. Several theoretical approaches try to understand/figure out the best civil-military establishment in a democracy. Concordance theory suggests that citizenry is an indispensable part of civil-military relations in a given society because military may legitimize its actions in the political arena based on the public perception. The main purpose of this study is to figure out that who supports military in Argentina and Turkey, and what can be the reason to do so. Argentina and Turkey have been through similar experiences in their histories but in this study I focus on the differences. There is no intention in this study to confirm, or refute, civil-military relations theories.

Keywords

• Turkey
• Argentina
• concordance
• civil military relations
• citizenry

Arjantin ve Türkiye’de Asker-Sivil İlişkilerinin Geleceği Üzerine Tahminler

Öz

Sosyal bilimlerde demokratik değerler zaviyesinden asker-sivil ilişkilerine yönelik akademik ilgi hep var olagelmiştir. Bir demokratik rejim için en iyi asker-sivil ilişki düzenini anlamaya çalışan çeşitli teorik yaklaşımlar vardır. Uyum Teorisi, vatandaşlığın herhangi bir toplumda asker-sivil ilişkilerinin vazgeçilemez bir parçasını olduğunu ileri sürer çünkü ordu siyasi alandaki eylemlerini kamuoyuna dayanarak meşrulaştırabilir. Bu çalışmanın başlıca amacı Arjantin ve Türkiye’de kim, neden askeri destekliyor sorusuna karşılaştırmalı cevap bulmaktır. Arjantin ve Türkiye kendi tarihleri boyunca benzer tecrübeler yaşamışlar ancak bu çalışma farklılıklara odaklanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada mevcut asker sivil ilişkileri teorileri desteklenmeye yahut çürütülmeye çalışılmamaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• uyum teorisi
• asker-sivil ilişkileri
• Türkiye
• Arjantin
• vatandaşlık

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