Friday, 5 February 2010

Turkey scraps protocol allowing the military to intervene in the internal events


The existence of adequate laws to maintain order and public security
Abolished the Turkish government signed a protocol of cooperation between the army and the Interior Ministry allowed the armed forces to intervene in domestic incidents to allow for the elimination of the reactionary religious events are considered threats to internal and under the National Security Policy Document.
His Turkish Interior Minister Bashir Otalai Thursday that he was the abolition of the protocol, known as the "Protocol Amasya," which had been placed under the military coup in February 28, 1997 in coordination between the Interior Ministry and the Presidency of the General of the Army Staff.
Otalay said it had been agreed during a meeting with the President Hbip of Army Staff Gen. Ilker Başbuğ earlier this week for the abolition of the protocol, noting that there are laws and rules enough to maintain order and public security detail.
He added that the government and military have agreed on that there is no need for such a protocol, especially now that conservatives have the power to give orders to the security forces and the gendarmerie in emergency situations.

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