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.
Vojska se smatra glavnim braniocem sekularne vladavine, što je uloga koju igra od 1938. godine, od smrti osnivača države i bivšeg vojnog oficira Mustafe Kemala Ataturka.