ABSTRACT
The existence of corruption in Turkish political-bureaucratic system as a pervasive, entrenched, and enduring problem has long been an “open secret” for anybody involved even scantly in the public affairs of the country. While it is not an easy task to get consensus in Turkey among neither the elites nor the electorate as to the exact causes of and likely cures for the endemic corruption, there is nonetheless an emerging sense of agreement among people from different walks of life that corruption indeed poses a serious threat to development, democracy, and security in the country.
