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Turkey's top military leader resign - latimes.com
Turkey's top military leaders resign en masse
The resignations of much of Turkey's military leadership is seen as a new sign of tension between the old guard of the armed forces and a rising Muslim political elite led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The departures include the army's chief of general staff, Gen. Isik Kosaner, and the officers heading the Turkish ground forces, navy and air force.
By Borzou Daragahi
Los Angeles Times
12:19 PM PDT, July 29, 2011
Reporting from Beirut
Nearly the entire leadership of Turkey's armed forces departed en masse Friday, local media reported, in the latest sign of tension between the country's once dominant military old guard and a rising pious Muslim political elite.
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