Turkey reshuffles land, air and navy commanders at key military meeting

Turkey’s land, air and navy commanders were reshuffled at an annual Supreme Military Couincil (YAŞ) meeting on Aug. 2, restructuring the echelon under Chief of the General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, who will continue to lead the Turkish Armed Forces until 2019.


Replacements were made at the YAŞ meeting in Ankara under the leadership of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and with the approval of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Topics on existing security threats and the fight against terrorism were also covered in the meeting.

Yıldırım said Turkey is currently fighting three terror groups and that significant results were achieved in the last year.
 [hurriyetdailynews.com]
2/8/17