joining me ross wilson, steven cook, and bulent aliriza.steven cook, we talked about turkey on this program not long ago. we talked about some of these things. how would you assess the significansignificance of what d with e resignation of these army officers? >> it of great significance. traditionally in turkey the military pressures the government into resigning rather than the other way around. so this is certainly a change in the pattern of civil military relations in turkey. the military in turkey has undertaken four coups between 1960 and 1997. and was widely believed to be dominant almost all powerful. the officers have resigned, and that seems to be the only thing that they can do in the face of the investigation of numerous currently serving as well as retired military officers for plotting against the government led by prime minister tayyip erdogan. >> rose: i was in turkey, andcos in the press, a the idea that erdogan had forced them back in the barracks at the same time there was a trial. what's the trial about? >> there's wide-