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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The term "Deep State" was originally coined to describe the political system of [[Kemalism|Kemalist]] [[Turkey]]<ref>[[wikipedia:Deep_state_in_Turkey|Deep State in Turkey / Wikipedia]]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080226051736/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132371 Turkey determined to purge its Gladio / Today's Zaman]</ref><ref>[https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-turkish-deep-state-what-life-is-like-when-the-conspiracy-is-real The Turkish Deep State: What Life Is Like When the Conspiracy Is Real / Atlas Obscura] </ref><ref>[https://daily.jstor.org/the-unacknowledged-origins-of-the-deep-state/ The Turkish Origins of the "Deep State" / JSTOR Daily]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/sedat-peker-turkey-deep-state/ Turkey’s infamous ‘deep state’ is back in the spotlight / Opinion / Washington Post] </ref> during the early [[Cold War]] where a nominally [[Democracy|democratic]] government had to contend with a strong and ''de facto'' unaccountable military that stood ready to [[coup]]<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/3/19/timeline-turkeys-deep-state Timeline: Turkey’s ‘deep state’ / Al Jazeera]</ref> the government if it violated the constitutional order (as interpreted by the military). Turkey's military considered itself [[NATO]]'s spearhead against the underbelly of [[Russia]] and maintained deep ties with American training institutions. This relationship made the Turkish Deep State into a vanguard of American interests in the [[Middle East]] and also serve as a redoubt to fight back attempts to use Turkey's parliamentary political system to empower [[Communism|Communist]] or [[Populism|populist]] forces. Later the term "Deep State" was applied by political commentators to analogous networks within America.
The term "Deep State" was originally coined to describe the political system of [[Kemalism|Kemalist]] [[Turkey]]<ref>[[wikipedia:Deep_state_in_Turkey|Deep State in Turkey / Wikipedia]]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080226051736/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132371 Turkey determined to purge its Gladio / Today's Zaman]</ref><ref>[https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-turkish-deep-state-what-life-is-like-when-the-conspiracy-is-real The Turkish Deep State: What Life Is Like When the Conspiracy Is Real / Atlas Obscura] </ref><ref>[https://daily.jstor.org/the-unacknowledged-origins-of-the-deep-state/ The Turkish Origins of the "Deep State" / JSTOR Daily]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/sedat-peker-turkey-deep-state/ Turkey’s infamous ‘deep state’ is back in the spotlight / Opinion / Washington Post] </ref> during the early [[Cold War]] where a nominally [[Democracy|democratic]] government had to contend with a strong and ''de facto'' unaccountable military that stood ready to [[coup]]<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/3/19/timeline-turkeys-deep-state Timeline: Turkey’s ‘deep state’ / Al Jazeera]</ref> the government if it violated the constitutional order (as interpreted by the military). Turkey's military considered itself [[NATO]]'s spearhead against the underbelly of [[Russia]] and maintained deep ties with American training institutions. This relationship made the Turkish Deep State into a vanguard of American interests in the [[Middle East]] and also serve as a redoubt to fight back attempts to use Turkey's parliamentary political system to empower [[Communism|Communist]] or [[Populism|populist]] forces. Later the term "Deep State" was applied by political commentators to analogous networks within America.
In [[Iran]], [[political activism|political activists]] refer to the Deep State in the US as the "Great Satan," emphasizing the popular [[Islam|Muslim]] belief that the rise of [[American imperialism]] symbolizes the start of the [[End Times]].


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