köken: Calque of English deep state, which in turn calqued from Turkish derin devlet (literally “deep state”)
cmn深層政府 /深层政府
Etimoloji
From دولت (dowlat) + عمیق ('amiq), probably a calque of Turkish derin devlet (“deep state”) (early uses were in relation to Turkey, especially the 1996 Susurluk scandal).