A few short years ago, the mass resignation of the top echelon of Turkey's military leadership might be interpreted as the equivalent of that moment, on a beach, when the waves suddenly roll so far out to sea that thousands of yards of sand are revealed: Any coastal dweller will tell you that's the moment to run for the hills because a tidal wave is coming; and not long ago any observer of Turkish politics would be bracing for a coup. After all, on four occasions since 1960 -- the most recent in 1997, against a government considered the forerunner of the current AK Party -- the military had deposed elected governments.
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