Claire Berlinski, who lives in Istanbul and writes for City Journal and many other publications, and edits Ricochet.com, just posted this at Ricochet:
Huge News From Turkey: Highest Ranking Military Officers Resign
Claire Berlinski, Ed. · 24 minutes ago
This just came across the transom:
Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Işık Koşaner announced his resignation Friday afternoon.
His resignation was followed by the resignations of Turkey's Land, Sea and Air Force commanders.
I don't yet know what this means or what the implications will be, but obviously it's a very big deal.
It would be difficult to think this is anything but bad news - very bad news - for Israel (and us), as it appears to be yet another step away from the reforms put in place by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1923, and a step closer to The Islamic Republic of Turkey.
For prior posts on this scary topic go Here and Here.
