The regulation granting the President the authority to expel members from the Turkish Armed Forces has been withdrawn.

22.05.2025 12:20

The discussions on the omnibus bill, which includes provisions granting powers to the President regarding the Turkish Armed Forces, have begun in the Parliament. Orhan Erdem, the AK Party Deputy from Konya, stated that the controversial articles related to the dismissal of officers associated with indiscipline have been withdrawn for re-evaluation.

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The TBMM Planning and Budget Commission has started discussions on the bill containing the new regulations following the Constitutional Court's annulment of the provisions in Decree Law No. 703, which grants the President the authority to dismiss officers with the ranks of lieutenant and colonel from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds of misconduct.

"OUR THOUSAND-YEAR STATE TRADITION IS BEING CHANGED"

In the bill, CHP Malatya Deputy Veli Ağbaba, who reacted to the provisions regarding the delegation of duties to private law legal entities in the Law on the Regulation of Betting and Gambling in Football and Other Sports Competitions and the granting of appointment authority to the President in the TSK, stated, "Everyone has a casino in their pocket. Unfortunately, they legalized this during the AKP period. Those who used to see bingo as a sin have now turned the country into a casino. The essence of the matter is this. They are trying to change the thousand-year-old tradition of the Turkish Armed Forces. Here, they are trying to create soldiers for themselves. We are entering an era where being a soldier of Mustafa Kemal is considered a crime, while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's military service is deemed permissible. The TSK is the apple of our eye. Our thousand-year state tradition is being changed. They are turning non-commissioned officers into officers and officers into non-commissioned officers," he said.

"THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT WILL ANNUL IT AGAIN"

İYİ Party Samsun Deputy Erhan Usta reacted to the fact that the articles in the bill were not discussed in the relevant commissions and that decisions with no financial impact were discussed in the Planning and Budget Commission:

"All the problems we are experiencing today stem from illegality, including economic issues. We discussed nuclear matters here; we have a commission for that. Today, we will discuss the Turkish Armed Forces. We are not experts on these issues. These matters come to this commission every time. When we say this, it is claimed that 'there are financial impacts,' but currently, the impact analysis of these articles states 'there is no financial impact.' Can there be such a contradiction? There is no problem with working. We can discuss it again, but if we want to do a healthy job with people outside of us, it needs to be discussed. If you want to bring the matter to a fait accompli and create new illegalities, you are already doing that. We openly discussed articles that are contrary to the Constitution here. They will be annulled again; everyone sees this. This is not reading intentions."

CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLES WILL BE WITHDRAWN FOR RE-EVALUATION

AK Party Konya Deputy Orhan Erdem stated that the controversial articles related to the TSK, specifically articles 4, 9, and 10, have been withdrawn for re-evaluation through a proposal.

With the 4th article of the proposal, the President's authority to dismiss officers associated with misconduct from the TSK, which was directly included as a provision in the Law No. 926 on the Personnel of the Turkish Armed Forces in accordance with the Constitutional Court's decision, is being sought to be legally grounded in articles 9 and 10 regarding the dismissal of personnel with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coast Guard and Gendarmerie on disciplinary grounds.