Turkey on Wednesday replaced the commanders of its
army, air force and navy after their terms in office expired,
reshuffling the top of a military that has been shaken by last year's
failed coup.
Turkey's armed forces - like the
media, civil service and police - have been convulsed by the crackdown
that followed the attempted putsch, when a group of rogue soldiers
commandeered tanks and warplanes in an effort to topple the government.
All
together, some 150,000 people have been sacked or suspended from their
jobs and more than 50,000 detained. More than 8,000 military officers,
including high-ranking commanders, have been accused of supporting the
coup.
The heads of the three branches were
replaced by other top members of the military, President Tayyip
Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, told a news conference.
There
was no suggestion that the three were being reshuffled due to the coup
and Kalin thanked the commanders for their service.
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