Because the military views itself as the ultimate guardian of Turkey's secular system, it has had an uneasy relationship with the Islamist-rooted ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Budući da vojska vidi sebe glavnim čuvarem turskog sekularnog sustava, imala je nelagodan odnos s vladajućom Strankom pravde i razvitka (AKP) koja vuče korijene iz Islama.