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Erdogan announces sweeping overhaul of Turkish military
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13 сен 2016Turkey’s President has outlined an all-encompassing military reform significantly cutting the army’s ranks and abolishing all military schools. He is also proposing a decree that would put him directly in charge of intelligence and the general staff.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked about the looming overhaul in an interview broadcast by the Turkish TV channel A Haber on Saturday. The changes will significantly affect military education, as all of Turkey’s military schools will be shut down and replaced by a National Defense University that will supply high-skilled military specialists to all three branches of the country’s armed forces – the army, navy and air force.We will bring graduate education instead of military academies,” Erdogan told the broadcaster, while promising that the new legislation will be published in Turkey’s Official Gazette on Sunday.
Moreover, Erdogan revealed that a decree is being prepared that would make Turkey’s armed forces directly subordinate to the country’s defense minister, while the chief of general staff and Turkey’s state spy agency, the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), would answer directly to the president.
“Our armed forces will be much stronger with the latest decree we are preparing,” Erdogan argued. He admitted that the night of the failed coup attempt had revealed “serious weakness of intelligence.”
In order for the decree to become law, Erdogan will have to gain the support of opposition parties in order to pass new constitutional amendments broadening his presidential power.
In addition, the Turkish leader said the gendarmerie security forces will undergo serious cuts, while their weapons and ammunition will be upgraded to enable them to fight terrorism more effectively.
The gendarmerie, which is a branch of the Turkish army, is tasked with ensuring internal security. Its forces have regularly been engaged in Turkey’s southeastern regions to stifle Kurdish unrest in the area.
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