Erdogan Deals Turkish Army Worst Defeat Amid Power Struggle
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to deal his biggest blow yet to Turkey’s secularist military as he takes on the armed forces from within their own ranks.
Erdogan began four days of meetings with army heads in Ankara to decide promotions for the highest posts. There was no announcement after the meeting adjourned today. The July 29 resignations of Turkey’s top four generals give Erdogan unprecedented freedom to steer the process as the army shows signs of buckling under government allegations of coup-plotting.