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    Immigrant from Armenia Becomes Turkish Armed Forces Staff Chief

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    01.08.2006 13:59 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Erdoghan's government has appointed Ground Forces
    Commander, Army General Yashar Boyukanit Armed Forces General Staff
    Chief on 31 July without waiting for the meeting of the Supreme
    Military Council held on 1-4 August annually. Yashar Boyukanit was
    born in 1940. His family is Azerbaijani Turks, who moved to Turkey
    from Amasiya region in Armenia in early 1920s. Boyukanit was promoted
    Army General in 2000, held the post of the 1st Army Commander and then
    Ground Forces Commander. He was secretary general in the Armed Forces
    Staff in 1992. Prior to this, he was the chief of counter-intelligence
    office during the Cyprus Truce Movement, reports APA.
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