Noun
- An alleged group of influential antidemocratic coalitions within the Turkish political system and military.
deep state
noun
- An internal network of members of the armed forces, intelligence agencies, police, and/or other administrative agencies within a country working to protect their own agenda. This may result in violence or government overthrow.
The deep state in Turkey helped bring about the downfall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
- A network of civil servants, military, intelligence, and/or other administrative agencies within a government working to pursue their own agenda, which may be contrary to that of the people and their duly elected officials.Origin:derived from Turkishderin devlet, an alliance of government officials, military and organized crime that brought about the downfall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 and has been suspected in various political killings.Most recently,theterm has been characterized by an alleged conspiracy to tilt the 2016election towards Hillary Clinton, de-legitimize the Trump presidency and impede the policy goals of the administration.
Evidence of deep state activity may be seen in leaks of classified government information to the press.
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Sentence Examples
- Many people are unaware of the existence of the deep state, let alone what influence this shadowy group may hold in Washington.
- Conversations surrounding the deep state in U.S. government have increased during the Trump presidency.
- The deep state theory of a corrupt shadow government is a point of major contention on both sides of the political aisle.
- Because officials can hold powerful positions that outlast presidencies and shifts in Congress, the deep state can exert its influence over a much longer period of time.
- The notion of the deep state and its potential dangers to democracy is not new, having been discussed as early as the 1960s.
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