Chief of General Staff Yasar Guler Appointed Turkish Defense Minister
22:28 GMT 03.06.2023 (Updated: 04:35 GMT 04.06.2023)
© AP Photo / Burhan OzbiliciTurkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Yasar Guler stands with Turkish leaders, army commanders, family members and colleagues during funeral prayers and a ceremony for 11 military personnel, including a high-ranking officer, at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 5, 2021. Turkish army officers were killed on Thursday when an army helicopter crashed in a snow-covered mountainous area in Bitlis, eastern Turkey.
© AP Photo / Burhan Ozbilici
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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Yasar Guler, who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish armed forces, has been appointed as the country's defense minister.
General Guler has been Chief of the General Staff since July 2018. His appointment was announced on Saturday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who took the oath of office earlier in the day.
The new cabinet also includes Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, who previously also held this post, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who previously held the post of head of the National Intelligence Organization and took an active part in the negotiations on the settlement of relations between Ankara and Damascus, as well as Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, who succeeded Fatih Donmez.
Cevdet Yilmaz has been appointed Turkish Vice President.