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30 of Turkey's 300 generals have been arrested on coup plot charges ANKARA - A leading Turkish military commander has resigned under scandal. Gen. Mehmet Erdogan has resigned amid allegations of improprieties. Erdogan, director of air force intelligence, was said to have submitted his resignation in April, a move reported by Turkey's Hurriyet daily on June 6. "He could not remain in his post amid scandal," a military source said. Turkish sources said at least 10 percent of the military's 300 generals have been arrested in connection to the coup plot. In all, nearly 200 officers have been arrested, the latest of them identified as Col. Ahmet Erdem and Col. Ahmet Dikmen. In April, details of Erdogan's private affairs were posted on the Internet. It was not clear who posted the allegations, but the source said some of the details were proven correct. This marked the latest resignation from the Turkish Air Force amid rising tension with the Islamist government in Ankara. Erdogan's resignation was the fifth by an air force general since 2007. On May 30, the air force leadership was struck by the arrest of Gen. Bilgin Balanli. Balanli, commander of the War Academy, was identified as the favorite to lead the service during the next round of appointments in August. The general was charged with participating in a plot to overthrow the government. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
