Supreme Military Board Convenes

ANKARA - The supreme Military Board (YAS) convened under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday.
The YAS will discuss promotion and retirement of military personnel and other issues regarding the Turkish Armed Forces.
Besides Prime Minister Erdogan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Land Forces Commander General Aytac Yalman, Naval Forces Commander Admiral Ozden Ornek, Air Forces Commander General Ibrahim Firtina, Gendarme Forces Commander General Sener Eruygur, First Army Commander General Yasar Buyukanit, Second Army Commander General Fevzi Turkeri, Third Army Commander General Oktar Ataman, Aegean Army Commander General Hursit Tolon, General Staff Deputy Chief General Ilker Basbug, Land Forces Chief of Staff General Fethi Remzi Tuncel, War Academies Commander General Faruk Comert, NATO Joint Command Southeast (JCSOUTHEAST) Commander General Orhan Yoney, National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Sukru Sariisik and Fleet Commander Admiral Yener Karahanoglu attended the meeting.
The meeting will end on August 5.
(GC-ULG) 02.08.2004