But the corruption probe is clearly politically motivated, and Erdoğan is right to question the prosecutors’ motives. The current round of judicial activism is as much about rooting out corruption as previous rounds were about prosecuting the “deep state” and real coups – which is to say, not much at all.
葛兰主义者以反腐调查为幌子开展反埃尔多安运动。对于熟悉土耳其的人来说，决不会吃惊于建筑工程存在大规模腐败现象。但腐败调查背后显然有政治动机，埃尔多安也正确地质疑了检察官动机不纯。当前根除腐败的司法活跃正如此前针对“黑暗势力”和真正的政变的起诉风潮，是醉翁之意不在酒。但是埃尔多安当初为葛兰运动的行为开了绿灯。