Grown-ups lead in Turkey

Published March 3, 2010

"Enough. No more. The army's morale is broken," said General Ilker Basbug, the chief of staff of the Turkish army. But the humiliations continue. Another 50 officers were arrested last week for suspected involvement in a 2003 plot to overthrow the government, including the current chief of the navy, a retired air force chief, and a former deputy chief of the army.

The plot, codenamed "Sledge-hammer,"...