Top Four Military Chiefs in Turkey Resign
July 29, 2011 1:21 PM EDT
The chiefs of Turkey’s armed forces, army, navy and air force have all resigned en masse, according to the Anatolia news agency.
While the motivation for such an unusual and sudden wave of resignations is not yet known, the tension between the ruling government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the secular military has festered for years. The government has prosecuted hundreds of military officers on charges of seeking to overthrow the Ankara government.
The chief of general staff, the top military commander in Turkey, Gen. Işık Koşaner, reportedly conferred with Erdogan on numerous occasions recently.The Anatolia news service said Kosaner was quitting "as he saw it as necessary.” He was appointed to that post only one year ago.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Supreme Military Council, which makes decisions on promotions for officers, is scheduled to meet next week. Reportedly, Ankara was incensed that some senior officers who are imprisoned or facing trial for plotting to overthrow the government was slated for promotions.
The Turkish military is viewed as a bastion of secularism against any signs of religious ferment in the state government. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has long been accused of having a pro-Islamic agenda – something it has repeatedly denied.
3 comments:
Nato has suddenly a Turkish Hardline Islamic leadership on it's hands.Good luck with your crumbling defences dhimmis.
A huge development. This is in effect the official surrender of organized secularism in Turkey to the Mohammedans.
I believe that democracy is gone in Turkey to make way for the Caliphate.
Time will tell if me and others of this opinion are right.
This has been a LINEAR DEVELOPMENT with what the peoples of muslim lands TRULY WANT.
The Turkish military represent national strategic interest.
The people want something else.
That is HOW IT IS
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