Major Shaitan Singh
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ISTANBUL. The Turkish military has retired all 40 generals and admirals on trial for plotting to overthrow the Muslim-led government, Turkish officials said, in the latest move by the government to tame the once indomitable army.
The Supreme Military Council decision was announced on the official website of the Turkish General Staff. The 40 commanders have been jailed in connection with a terrorist network that prosecutors maintain conspired to unseat the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Analysts said the decision to retire the high-ranking military officials, approved by President Abdullah Gul, was the latest step by the government to root out its secular opponents
Army officers cast out
ISTANBUL. The Turkish military has retired all 40 generals and admirals on trial for plotting to overthrow the Muslim-led government, Turkish officials said, in the latest move by the government to tame the once indomitable army.
The Supreme Military Council decision was announced on the official website of the Turkish General Staff. The 40 commanders have been jailed in connection with a terrorist network that prosecutors maintain conspired to unseat the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Analysts said the decision to retire the high-ranking military officials, approved by President Abdullah Gul, was the latest step by the government to root out its secular opponents
Army officers cast out