"Country Flash: Tension in Turkey
By Brad Pyles, 08/10/2011
On July 29, Turkey’s four top generals (heads of the Armed Forces, Army, Navy and Air Force) stepped down in advance of a tribunal, which was set to begin August 1st, that would determine promotions within the military. By stepping down, the generals avoid being blamed for letting the government pick its own appointments on their watch. This likely cements civilian control of the military—completing the Turkish government’s steady erosion of the once relatively autonomous military’s power."
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