28-07-2016 16:04 via news.yahoo.com

Turkey's armed forces face deep overhaul in wake of coup

By Ece Toksabay and Can Sezer ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's top brass and political leaders were poised to launch a major overhaul of the armed forces on Thursday after a failed military coup that has shaken the nation of nearly 80 million people and alarmed its NATO allies. Hours before the Supreme Military Council began its annual meeting in Ankara, the armed forces dishonorably discharged nearly 1,700 personnel for their alleged role in the July 15-16 putsch in which a faction of the a
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