İlker Başbuğ Is The New Head Of The Turkish General Staff

President Abdullah Gül approved the decisions of the High Military Council (YAŞ). Thus, İlker Başbuğ became the new head of the Turkish General Staff after Yaşar Büyükanıt. İlker Başbuğ was previously the head of the Army.

32 generals and admirals were promoted and 46 colonels became generals and admirals. The terms of the 46 generals and admirals were extended.

Some of the changes were:

Four-Star General İlker Başbuğ, former head of the Army, became the new head of the General Staff.

Four-Star General, former head of the Gendarmerie, Sebahattin Işık Koşaner became the new head of the Army.

Four-General Avni Atila Işık, former head of the Army Staff, became the new head of the Gendarmerie.

There is no expulsion this year

Nobody was expulsed in this year’s YAŞ meeting. In last year’s meeting 23 military officials  were expulsed from the military. Of these, thirteen expulsions were for “indiscipline that may shake the dignity of the armed forces” and ten were for “reactionary religious attitudes and behavior.” (TK/EZÖ/TB)