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Işık Koşaner new Chief of General Staff

Işık Koşaner new Chief of General Staff

Genral Işık Koşaner took over the command of the Turkish Armed Forces as Chief of General Staff. In his inauguration speech he mentioned topics such as the Kurdish question or a professional army. Koşaner also addressed the media, calling for a more careful approach.

30 August 2010 Tolga Korkut

The General Staff Admits No Fault In Aktütün Assault

Commander of the 2nd Army Koşaner announced that the Armed Forces had no fault in the Aktütün assault of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), in which 17 soldiers were killed. Koşaner repeated the claim that the pictures that appeared in the media were incorrect.

27 October 2008

Activists Advise Silence To Army’s New Commander

About the speech of the new commander of the Ground Forces, Yurdatapan says those with weapons cannot talk, Yeşildere is of the opinion that they should leave the universities alone and Aytar thinks the new commander did not say anything new.

28 August 2008 Bawer Çakır

“If Worried About Globalization, Then Question NATO And The US Base”

“If Worried About Globalization, Then Question NATO And The US Base”

ÖDP deputy Ufuk Uras challenges the new commander of the Ground Forces to make public the secret agreements made with the US about the İncirlik Base, if he wants to show his sensitivity about the globalization.

28 August 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü