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SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL DECISIONS<br />
President Erdogan approves Supreme Military Council decisions<br />
Gen. Hulusi Akar kept his position as Chief of General Staff, based on a July 28 decision by Turkey’s Supreme<br />
Military Council. Land Forces Commander Gen. Salih Zeki Colak, Air Forces Commander Gen. Abidin Unal, Naval<br />
Forces Commander Gen. Recep Bulent Bostanoglu, and Fleet Commander Admiral Veysel Kosele also kept their<br />
respective posts.<br />
Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler was appointed the new Gendarmerie Commander,<br />
while Guler’s previous post went to former First Army Commander Gen. Umit Dundar.<br />
Gen. Musa Avsever was made First Army Commander, while Gen. Ismail Metin Temel was made Second Army<br />
Commander. Third Army Commander Gen. Ismail Serdar Savas and Aegean Army Commander Gen. Abdullah<br />
Recep also kept their posts.<br />
Gen. Hasan Kucukakyuz was appointed Commander of Combatant Air Force and Air Missile Defense Command<br />
and Gen. Tahir Bekiroglu was appointed Commander of Land Forces Training and Doctrine Command.<br />
All of the Supreme Military Council’s decisions were approved by President Erdogan on July 28.<br />
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