Abstract
In this article role of military has been analyzed in contemporary politics of the Turkey and Pakistan. However, existing literature is related to the military coups and analyses of military in the consolidation of democracy, there is less on the contribution of military in the democratic transition. In addition, there is almost nothing on Muslim states and Arab. The article compares and contrasts the military privileges in Turkey and Pakistan by employing an identical framework centered on the “Alfred Stepan’s military prerogatives” to enhance the civil military relations literature that might be valuable for other states having some signs of democratic transition.