Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) has quietly stymied a government move to blacklist its generals as a coup threat against Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime.
In a decision approved by President Abdullah Gul, the YAS promoted 47 colonels to the rank of general or admiral on Saturday.
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Turkey's Military Quietly Stymies Goverment Blacklist