1. Military, Police and Intelligence in Turkey: Recent Transformations and Needs for Reform
- Author:
- Biriz Berksoy
- Publication Date:
- 05-2013
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- “Military, Police and Intelligence in Turkey” is the fourth report of TESEV’s Security Sector and Democratic Oversight series and was authored by Istanbul University Professor Biriz Berksoy. The report puts forward persisting problems regarding accountability and civilian democratic oversight of the security institutions in Turkey; discusses the implications of these problems in light of recent developments, particularly regarding human rights violations; and highlights a series of legal, institutional and strategic reforms that should be undertaken to address the existing problems in this field.
- Topic:
- Security, Human Rights, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Reform, Democracy, and Police
- Political Geography:
- Turkey and Middle East