"Turkey has been experiencing a political struggle between the state elite – namely, the military and secular establishments close to it (also called the Kemalist elite) – and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a pragmatic conservative party. This is embodied in the ongoing Ergenekon court case.1 This struggle can be seen as a normal development stemming from the nature of politics but, to a great extent, it serves as a gauge of the substantial change in Turkey's state building process, in which the rule of law has been often ignored by both actors. In other words, this clash is having a significant impact both on society and on politics, replacing old political and economic actors with new ones. Therefore, this article elaborates upon the dynamics and the actors involved in this clash, arguing that this conflict reflects the pain of the reconstruction of the political sphere at the hands of the state elite – or the establishment – and the new-born conservative elite. In this regard, the article analyses the different perspectives of these elites. "

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