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The Podcast on article "Gray Wolves, Gladio, and the Deep State" explores the shadowy nexus between Turkey's ultranationalist paramilitary group the Gray Wolves, NATO's clandestine Cold War operation Gladio, and the concept of a deep state manipulating events behind the scenes. It delves into how the Gray Wolves, initially formed as a nationalist youth wing, became a violent instrument of state-backed repression, particularly during the political chaos of the 1970s. The group was allegedly used to carry out assassinations, suppress left-wing movements, and sow instability often with tacit approval or covert assistance from Turkish intelligence and military officials working in concert with Western intelligence networks.

The piece further draws parallels between Operation Gladio, which set up secret "stay-behind" armies in Europe, and the tactics used in Turkey where the deep state is believed to have operated a similar network through the Gray Wolves. These covert alliances blurred the lines between state institutions and organized militias, fostering a legacy of political violence and state complicity. The podcast argues that this confluence of nationalist ideology, Western strategic interests, and internal security paranoia helped entrench an authoritarian underbelly within Turkey’s democracy one that still reverberates in modern political crises.

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