Editing Kemalism (section)

=== 28 February (1997) Process ===
It takes its name from the National Security Council meeting held on February 28, 1997.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Turkish_military_memorandum</ref> This period is not exactly a coup, Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan does not accept this period as a coup against himself<ref>https://youtu.be/EyAPQDIreH8?si=VaqcZv4iEoPkmhFE&t=3435 </ref>

The February 28 Period in a broad sense; It begins when İsmail Hakkı Karadayı became the Chief of General Staff in 1994 and continues until 2002, when Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu left the Chief of General Staff.

The main principle in this period was "[[File:Laicism.png]] '''[[Secularism|Laicism]]'''". The reason of this; It is the army's reaction to the rising [[File:MilliGorus.png]] [[Religious Nationalism|Fundamentalist]] politics and the Welfare Party.