The 1990s were Turkey's lost years: Terrorist incidents skyrocketed, the number of unsolved murders
increased, the Kurdish Question turned into a quagmire, ill-equipped coalition governments jeopardized
political and economic stability, polarization between secularists and devout Muslims placed social harmony at
peace and the grievances of religious social groups became aggravated. In light of these developments, the
military-bureaucratic guardianship regime seized the opport ...