The problem is that unless there is a viable opposition, the only check on the AKP will be its own conscience and a crackdown by the still secular-oriented armed forces. But, as part of its seemingly endless effort to get into the European Union – an aspiration that seems all but doomed at present – Turkey implemented reforms that undercut the military’s political role.
问题是，除非有一个能够存活的反对派，否则，对正义和发展党唯一的制约就是其自身的良知和目前依然是世俗主义导向的军队镇压。土耳其无休无止地努力加入欧盟，而目前这一渴望看起来已经破灭。作为这一努力的一部分，土耳其实行了改革，削弱军队的政治作用。