Yaşar Gürel

A presidential decree published early July 10 has stipulated Turkey's land, air and navy forces to be subordinated to the Defense Ministry hours after Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar was appointed as the new Defense Minister and Land Forces Commander Gen. Yaşar Gürel became the top soldier.

As Turkey is heading toward the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016, military coup attempt, new details about the plot and how it started to fall apart are emerging. 

The indictment regarding events on the night of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt at the General Staff Headquarters in Ankara, where senior commanders were taken captive, has said soldiers attempting the coup burned memory disks, including recordings of what happened at the HQ, after realizing the coup had been unsuccessful.