{"id":8034,"date":"2010-08-02T11:20:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T08:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2019-04-01T18:46:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:46:08","slug":"turkeys-supreme-military-council-kicks-off-at-ankara-47848034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkeys-supreme-military-council-kicks-off-at-ankara-47848034\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s Supreme Military Council Kicks off at Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em; text-align: justify;\">ANKARA &#8211; Turkey&#8217;s Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened on at the General Staff HQ in Turkish capital of Ankara.<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_8035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8035\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8035\" title=\"Turkish military council\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Turkish-military-council.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Turkish-military-council.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Turkish-military-council-280x183.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turkey&#39;s supreme military council started on Monday amid high tensions due to recent arrests concerning current and former military personal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>YAS convened to make a series of new appointments within the Turkish army and to assess retirements of several high profile military members.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Admirals and Generals to be promoted to a higher rank and colonels to be appointed as generals and admirals will be determined during the gathering that will reshape the Turkish\u00a0army&#8217;s\u00a0(TSK&#8217;s) commanding chain, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the YAS meeting, retirement of 134 generals and admirals will be discussed, nearly 35 generals and admirals will be promoted to a higher rank and 45 colonels will be appointed as generals and admirals, officials noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decisions to be taken at the council meeting will be made public after they are presented to President Abdullah Gul on August 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Video of Turkish Military council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[media id=346 width=610 height=340]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Write your comments and thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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