Erdogan Government Submits Bill to Curtail Army Power
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government submitted a bill to parliament today to amend the military charter, including Article 35, which was used by the army as a legal excuse to defend past coups.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters in Ankara that the bill would be approved in October after the legislature’s summer recess. It’s the latest move by the Islamist-rooted government to end the military’s decades-old influence over politics.