Turkish Armed Forces

The Turkish army's training and guidance contributed "very significantly" to the recent military success of Libya's U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey's defense minister has said.

An Ankara court has ruled for the arrest of Müyesser Yıldız, a news editor of  Oda TV, an online news portal on accusations that she revealed state secrets in her two articles.
She was detained on June 8 in over "political and military espionage" as part of a probe launched by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and was arrested early on June 12.

Turkish police and security forces have so far detained 177 soldiers in nationwide operations to arrest alleged members of Fethullah Gulen's network, which Ankara accuse of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 5 said that Turkish soldiers are approaching the "targeted plans" in Libya during the struggle they are leading with their "Libyan brothers.

The Turkish Air Force on June 1 marked its 109th anniversary.

Marking the occasion, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar released a message lauding the air force's modern technology and top-flight personnel with over a century of experience.

Former Gen. İsmail Hakkı Karadayı, 88, who served between 1994 and 1998 as Turkey's chief of General Staff, died in Istanbul.
He had been undergoing treatment for cancer in a private hospital.

Born in the central province of Çankırı in 1932, Karadayı graduated from military school in 1951.

Turkey's defense minister has said normalization in the military will begin June 1 which will include resuming conscription and military discharge, which had been suspended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Turkey's Defense Ministry is mulling temporarily halting the conscription and the discharge of soldiers, while assessing an alternative that will allow distance training for paid military service, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to local media reports.

A decision on the ministry's proposal will be discussed during April 13's cabinet meeting.

The Turkish intelligence agency and army conducted an operation against five terrorists, who were plotting a bomb attack in Turkey, according to a local governorate on April 11.

Together #Montenegro🇲🇪 and #Turkey🇹🇷 in the fight against #COVID19. Thank you President @RTErdogan @PodgoricaBE pic.twitter.com/skRUsPIolw

— Milo Đukanović (@predsjednik_cg) April 8, 2020

It was an impressive display of generosity, not least given the scale of the pandemic in Turkey itself, where the novel coronavirus is spreading at a rapid rate.