When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, it not only lacked a democratic culture, but also had much to fear about how the secularist-military old guard might react. So it behaved exactly according to its fear, launching a series of show trials targeting senior military officials and other perceived opponents.
这也是贻害土耳其民主的问题，尽管它的民主历史更长。当总理埃尔多安的正义与发展党（AKP）于2002年上台时，它不但缺少民主文化，还颇可担心世俗-军队保守派如何反应。因此它的所作所为完全是依照其担心，发动了一系列以高级军官和其他它所认定的反对派的审判。当埃尔多安政府最终失去了一开始支持它的自由派的支持时，它又破坏了媒体和言论自由。