officers that provides an opportunity for theçó civilin leadership t codify tir superiory over theilitaryut to this point there have been only half efforts to bring the military fully under the control of the civilians, but if they manage to do this, if they take advantage of this opportunity, it will go a long way toward resolving some of the problems that the european union has with turkey, which has the -- brussels has long pointed out the oversize role and influential role of the military establishment in turkey as a problem that needed to be resolved before turkey could become a full member. if we're talking about what kind of role or role model, though the turks don't like that, that notion, for the arab spring, bringing the military under control, which is a hallmark of democratic politics, is important in a region where militaries are now playing important political roles. in tunisia, in egypt, potentially in syria, depending on the way things go there. if the turkish militar can be brought under control, you can foresee arabs looking across the mediterranean saying that is someth