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The Grand Turk
Five Turkish Generals Handed In Resignations
2019-08-26
[Jpost] Five generals from the Ottoman Turkish army have handed in resignations in the wake of a military council meeting earlier this month, opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet said on Sunday.

The Supreme Military Council (YAS), chaired by President Tayyip Erdogan, convened to discuss promotions, dismissals and placements of the high-ranking military personnel on Aug 1.

The resignations by one major general and four brigadier generals were submitted as a reaction to council decisions which were described by retired military officers as an attempt to make the Ottoman Turkish army smaller, the unsourced Cumhuriyet report said.

There was no immediate comment from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
's defense ministry.

Two of the generals were known to be the army officers responsible for Syria's Idlib region where Turkey has a military presence, Cumhuriyet said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Coulda been worse.
Coulda been their heads.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-08-26 18:50  

#3  I would have gotten out of country first
Posted by: chris   2019-08-26 14:38  

#2  Since the Turkish army is already smaller by the large numbers languishing in Turkish prisons, mostly awaiting trial, they might as well make it official policy.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-08-26 12:54  

#1  May be a case of hand them in while you still have hands.....
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-08-26 10:19  

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