Vojska se smatra glavnim braniteljem sekularnog poretka, što je uloga koju ona igra još od smrti osnivača nacije i bivšeg vojnog oficira Mustafe Kemala Ataturka 1938. godine.
The military is viewed as the main defender of secular rule, a role it has played since the death in 1938 of the nation's founder and former army officer, Mustfa Kemal Ataturk.