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Cengiz Aktar: Askeriyenin reformuna odaklanmanın tam zamanı

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Askeriyenin reformuna odaklanmanın tam zamanı   İçeride ve dışarıda kimi gözlemci, generallerin istifalarını anlamakta epeyi zorlandı. İstifaların altında buzağı aradılar ve hükümetin otoriterliğini buldular. Otoriterlik dediklerinin otorite olduğunu kavrayamadılar. Halbuki kamuoyunun tepkisi ülkenin demilitarizasyon yani askersizleşme sürecinin kanıksadığının veciz ifadesi. Öyle veciz ki neredeyse iki gün arka arakaya haber olmadı. 3. Erdoğan hükümetinin 2002’den bu … Read more

New [tamed] high command in Turkish army will be determined soon…

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) is flanked by Ground Forces Commander and acting Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel (L) and Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz (R) during a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara August 1, 2011. Turkey’s military and political leaders face a battle … Read more

Resignation of top military leaders, no surprise and unfortunately not the end of militarism in politics…

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We have a new chief of staff: Necdet Özel. General Necdet Ozel, commander of Turkey’s gendarmerie paramilitary force, arrives to meet with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara July 29, 2011. Turkey said on Friday its top four military chiefs were all seeking retirement, in moves that appeared to reflect a deep rift between the … Read more

Gov’t hammers the Military’s service plan, works on shortening military service!

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If newly proposed service plan Chief of Staff I harshly criticised before would be taken into agenda by the government, my personal support for AKP would cease immediately. According to a Friendfeed feed 200 thousand out of 800 thousand servicemen is used in services wtihin the army. Officials want more time for college graduates. They … Read more