General Ozkok To Decorate General Zorlu With Medal Of Meritorious Service

ANKARA - General Staff Chief General Hilmi Ozkok will decorate General Hilmi Akin Zorlu, who has successfully commanded the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for eight months, with the Medal of Meritorious Service.
A ceremony will be held on February 21 to welcome the Turkish troops that have served in Afghanistan under the structure of the ISAF.
General Ozkok will attend the ceremony and decorate General Zorlu with the Medal of Meritorious Service.
Zorlu handed over command of the ISAF to General Norbert Van Heyst of Germany on February 10, 2003.
Meanwhile, Field Commander Colonel Kazim Ondul, who has been serving in Afghanistan for eight months, will hand over his mission to Germany and the Netherlands on February 17.