An article from 02014 about the #deep-state concept by Mike Lofgren, criticizing the military-industrial-intelligence complex. He explains the term: “The term “Deep State” was coined in Turkey and is said to be a system composed of high-level elements within the intelligence services, military, security, judiciary and organized crime. In British author John le Carré’s latest novel, A Delicate Truth, a character describes the Deep State as “… the ever-expanding circle of non-governmental insiders from banking, industry and commerce who were cleared for highly classified information denied to large swathes of Whitehall and Westminster.” I use the term to mean a hybrid association of elements of government and parts of top-level finance and industry that is effectively able to govern the United States without reference to the consent of the governed as expressed through the formal political process.” #politics #USA
on 02024-11-22> “Deep state” is a calque of the Turkish word derin devlet (lit. ‘deep state’). The modern concept of a #deep-state is associated with #Turkey, a presumed secret network of military officers and their civilian allies trying to preserve the secular order based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1923. #politics
on 02024-11-22the Turkish article on the #Deep-State concept semes to say “derin devlet” is an abbreviation of “devlet içinde devlet”, “imperium in imperio”, an empire within an empire. But “devlet” is translated as “state”, and “derin” means “deep”.
on 02024-11-22The New Yorker’s #Deep-State “letter” from 02012, now without the subtitle describing Erdogan as a “moderate”; apparently the phrase “deep state” is a translation of the Turkish derin devlet. #Turkey #politics #history
on 02024-11-22the #Deep-State term was popularized in this “letter” in the New Yorker on March 12, 02012, by Dexter Filkins, entitled “THE DEEP STATE: The Prime Minister [Erdogan] is revered as a moderate, but how far will he go to stay in power?” #Turkey #politics #history
on 02024-11-22Spies and their intrigues against #Trump. #deep-state #USA #politics
on 02017-03-11