Turkish Generals Bow to Government on Promotions, Ending Leadership Crisis - Bloomberg: "Turkish Generals Bow to Government on Promotions, Ending Leadership Crisis
By Benjamin Harvey - Aug 9, 2010 7:21 AM ET
Turkey’s generals decided not to promote a colleague implicated in plots to undermine Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, bowing to pressure from the premier and ending eight days of uncertainty over who will lead the armed forces."