R.T.Erdogan transformed the Turkish military leadership

The new Turkish government announced Monday that the former Turkish army chief of staff, Hulusi Akar, has been appointed new Defense Minister. This is a rare case when a political officer enters an army officer.

After that, R. T. Erdogan signed a presidential decree appointing the commander-in-chief of Land Force General Yasar Guler as chief of staff. Turkey has the second largest military force in NATO after the United States with a military contingent of 1.5 million.

The announcement of Turkey was made to NATO members meeting in Brussels and the tensions over the Alliance Defense Expenses

Dioque's RTE began his second presidency on Monday.

Under the new law, RTErdogan will be able to make a decision on the award of a senior military rank to senior officers of the army, including colonels, brigade gerenols, admirals and generals

The new political system has given much authority to RTErdogan, which means that he can directly name the main commanders of the army.

Under the new law, the RTErdogan may decide to badign a higher military rank to senior military officers, including colonels, gerenols brigades, admirals and generals.

Generally, the officers of the army are appointed each year on August 30. Senior military commanders are appointed for four years

Y.Guler, 64, along with Akaru and other senior military officers, were kidnapped and locked up at a military base during coup d'etat failed in July 2016 to overthrow the government of RTErdogan.

An attempted coup d'etat Ankara is accused by the Muslim preacher of the United States Fethullah Gulen.

After a failed coup of more than 50,000 people, people were arrested, and 140 thousand people were arrested. the officials were relieved or suspended because of their alleged links with F. Gulen or Kurdish fighters. Nearly half of the country's generals have been dismissed.

Under the new decree, General Ummad Dundar was appointed commander of land forces

E.Dundar played an important role in suppressing the coup d'etat.

After the reversal of the coup, RTErdogan increased its influence over the armed forces, which were once considered a parallel government structure that has been repeatedly ruled by governments.