Opening the Black Box

A scholarly analysis of the Turkish military in the 21st century by the Near East policy expert and author of  What Went Wrong in Afghanistan .   On July 15th, 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup d’état against sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though the attempt was unsuccessful, the TAF would never be the same. In  Opening the Black Box , former Turkish military advisor Metin Gurcan offers a rare look inside the TAF to examine how it has e