Immigrant from Armenia Becomes Turkish Armed Forces Staff Chief

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.08.2006 13:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Erdoghan’s government has appointed Ground Forces
Commander, Army General Yashar Boyukanit Armed Forces General Staff
Chief on 31 July without waiting for the meeting of the Supreme
Military Council held on 1-4 August annually. Yashar Boyukanit was
born in 1940. His family is Azerbaijani Turks, who moved to Turkey
from Amasiya region in Armenia in early 1920s. Boyukanit was promoted
Army General in 2000, held the post of the 1st Army Commander and then
Ground Forces Commander. He was secretary general in the Armed Forces
Staff in 1992. Prior to this, he was the chief of counter-intelligence
office during the Cyprus Truce Movement, reports APA.