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Turkey replaces land, air, naval forces commanders
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on Wednesday replaced the land, air and naval commanders of the military, in a major shake-up of the armed forces just over a year after a failed coup bid. The decision from the nation's top armed forces body ─ now dominated by ministers rather than the military ─ marked another step in the growing control of the government over the once all-powerful The Supreme Military Council (YAS) decided to remove land forces commander General Salih Zeki Colak, naval chief Admiral Bulent Bostanoglu and air force commander General Abidin Unal, presidential front man Ibrahim Kalin said. Colak will be replaced by General Yasar Guler, currently head of the gendarmerie and former deputy chief of staff, Kalin told news hounds in Ankara. Bostanoglu will be replaced by Vice Admiral Adnan Ozbal and General Hasan Kucukakyuz would replace Unal as air force commander, he said. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-03 |
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