Some scimitar-rattling from Turkey’s Chief of Staff (h/t Hot Air):

Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, chief of the military, said in a note on the military’s Web site, that “our nation has been watching the behavior of centers of evil who systematically try to corrode the secular nature of the Turkish Republic.”  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, whose bid earlier this year to become president in a parliamentary voting process was blocked by the secular establishment because of concerns about his Islamic past, was expected to win the post on Tuesday.  The statement from the military, which seized power from civilian governments three times in past decades, was issued to mark the 85th anniversary on Aug. 30 of a military victory that was crucial for the establishment of modern Turkey.

Earlier this month, there was a purge of Islamists from some Turkish military commands which took place just a week after the AKP election victory, an obviously necessary move if the military does intervene.  A military intervention could sink Turkey’s bid towards acceptance in the EU (From RFE/RL March, 2006):

That the Turkish government and military do not appear to fully appreciate the seriousness of the EU’s views on the matter is the main conclusion of a report drawn up by the Dutch-based Center for European Security Studies.  Presenting the report in Brussels, its author, David Greenwood, said that in December 2004, when an EU summit approved entry talks with Turkey, it had also found the military’s powers unacceptable.  “The EU said that while Turkey was clearly en route to alignment with European policy and practice, the Turkish high command continues to enjoy greater authority and greater autonomy in security matters than is normal in EU member states; and the extent of legislative oversight and wider democratic oversight of the military in Turkey remains inadequate,” he said.

Ignoring the opportunity to make a snarky remark about the EU’s belief in appropriate amounts of “military power” (answer: none), its worth pointing out that the UK’s Gordon Brown praised the AKP’s election win back in July (as did Hamas btw) largely based on their desire for EU acceptance.  That it is a force deeply committed to a secular society that may keep Turkey no longer qualifies irony.
Finally, Turkey was the last holder of the Caliphate and a victory for Islamism there would be highly symbolic to the enemy, a point made well by this Hizb-Ut-Tahrir video we’ve linked to before (part on Turkey begins about 3:00 minutes in). And while I’m not anxious to recommend a military intervention to reverse the direction of what (by all accounts) was a freely elected government, we do know from history that not all elected parties have a commitment to future representative government.