Erdogan Summons Cabinet After Ex-Admirals Challenge Policy
- Former officials imply government should be toppled, aide says
- Controversy follows debate on abandoning Montreux Treaty
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan summoned his cabinet and top officials for an unscheduled meeting on Monday, after a group of retired navy admirals criticized the government’s stance on a key international convention in a move that was seen as a direct challenge to the Erdogan’s authority.
Erdogan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun on Sunday accused the former admirals of insinuating that the government should be overthrown and said that a public prosecutor was starting a probe into the incident. The cabinet will convene at 3 p.m. local time, followed by a meeting with the ruling AK Parti’s central executive committee at 6 p.m.