ANKARA (Sputnik) — The Turkish Army, Air Force and Navy are no longer under command of the General Staff since they have been transferred under the Defense Ministry after a coup attempt, according to a Turkish government decree published on Sunday.
According to the decree published in the national official journal T.C. Resmi Gazete, the country's president and the prime minister were given an authority to receive information from the military if necessary and to give orders to military authorities. The orders will be obligatory without further approval.
