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Erdoğan says no resentment in military following press reports of Aksakallı’s resignation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said there is no resentment in the military over reassignments following reports in the press of the resignation...

40 percent of top military commanders purged in post-coup period, report says

One hundred thirty generals and admirals in the Turkish military were either dismissed or suspended as part of a widespread purge following a failed...

Private commits suicide after killing 3 soldiers in Manisa

A private in the Turkish gendarmerie on Tuesday killed three soldiers and wounded three others while they were sleeping and subsequently committed suicide, the...

Turkish military returns to 1930s practices due to unending post-coup purges, report says

Similar to the post-Independence War period and the early 1930s in Turkey, most brigades are now commanded by colonels and captains due to a...

21 detained as 731 more soldiers get food poisoning

Twenty-one employees of a catering company that provided food to a military base in Manisa province were detained after 731 soldiers were hospitalized on...

Imam-hatip school promises privileges in military, police school enrollment

Amid ongoing debates about the Turkish military and police force falling under the control of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), an imam-hatip, or...

Coup suspect colonel says he received order from general to act against a terror attack

One of the suspects in an ongoing trial into a failed coup attempt on July 15, Col. Fırat Alakuş, has said he received an...

Turkey says military neutralized 89 terrorists in Sinjar, Karakoç

The Turkish military has announced that 89 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) members were neutralized during operations carried...

Prosecutor: Most officers affiliated with Gülen did not take part in July 15

Despite President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) having blamed the Gülen movement for a failed coup on July...

Headscarf ban among TSK personnel, military students removed

Turkey's General Staff has sent a letter to the force commands in which it removes a ban on Islamic headscarves among Turkish Armed Forces...

9 colonels detained over coup charges in northern Cyprus

Nine colonels of the Turkish military serving in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) were detained on Sunday over charges of coup involvement...

Council of Europe says Turkey’s military staff cut by a third amid post-coup purge

Turkey’s purge of its military since a botched coup in July has cut its armed forces by a third, according to a report by the...

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