Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Turkey Purges And Arrests Its NATO Staff

A Turkish flag (R) flies among others flags of NATO members during the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 28, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Reuters: Exclusive: Turkey purges NATO military envoys after failed coup

Turkey has fired hundreds of senior military staff serving at NATO in Europe and the United States following July's coup attempt, documents show, broadening a purge to include some of the armed forces' best-trained officials.

In a classified military dispatch seen by Reuters, 149 military envoys posted to the alliance's headquarters and command centers in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain were ordered on Sept. 27 to return to Turkey within three days.

Most were dismissed from service on their arrival, arrested and imprisoned, according to a Turkish military official at NATO and two farewell letters sent by departing Turkish officials emailed to colleagues at NATO and seen by Reuters.

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Update: Turkey Purges NATO Cadres After Coup Attempt (Novinite)

WNU Editor: not surprising, Turkey's NATO allies are nervous .... ANALYSIS: Turkey's purged post-coup military has NATO allies nervous (CBC).

2 comments:

RRH said...

"Turkey's ambassador to NATO, who runs a 30-strong diplomatic team at the alliance HQ, declined to comment."

Ya think...?

Unknown said...

I am so happy that the Turkish flag is pagan.