(VOVworld) - Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) met in Ankara on Thursday with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and high-ranking military officials.
 

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (F-R) and Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar (F-L) during a visit to the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Mausoleum, founder of modern Turkey, before the Turkish Supreme Military Council meeting in Ankara, Turkey, 28 July 2016. EPA/STR

The meeting took place one day after the government’s decision to discharge 149 military officers for their alleged role in the failed coup on July 15.
They include 87 marine generals, 30 air-force generals and 32 admirals. Two other senior generals, Kamil Basoglu and Ihsan Uyar, both high-ranking members of the land forces, resigned from the armed forces. It was not immediately clear why they had resigned.