TURKISH PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF MEET IN ANKARA
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.02.2010 22:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the president’s residence Turkey’s president
Abdullah Gul, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and chief of
General Staff Ilker Bashug held a meeting . During the meeting,
lasted more than 3 hours, top three figures discussed the ongoing
civil-military strife. The meeting has concluded with a vow from the
Presidency that the current civil-military tensions will be resolved
within the framework of the Constitution, Hurriyet wrote.
After the meeting, the presidential administration issued a statement
stating that the Turkish leadership was of the opinion that all
issues should be resolved in accordance with the laws of the country,
said Hurriyet.
Dozens of senior officers, including a former Deputy Chief of General
Staff, retired Army General Ergin Saygun have been arrested on charges
of plotting a coup in Turkey. A former Air Force commander, retired
Army General Fyrtyna Ibrahim, a former Navy commander, Admiral retired
Omek Ozgen, a retired general Engin Alan are among the detainees.
According to the source, 10 colonels, four admirals, 17 generals
(some of them are retired) were arrested. 50 arrests were held in
Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
Over the past 50 years there were four military coups in Turkey:
on May 27, 1960, on March 12, 1971, on September 12, 1980 and on
February 28, 1997.