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TURKEY'S TOP DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CHIEF SACKED
12:10 28.03.14
The chief of Turkey's procurement agency was removed from his post on
March 28 following the sensational leakage of a recording of a top
national security meeting that has raised concerns about the level
of espionage against the Turkish state, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Murad Bayar, the chief of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries
(SSM), was removed from office in order to be appointed to another
post, according to a decision by the Defense Ministry which went
into force after it was published in the Official Gazette early
on March 28. The decision was signed by President Abdullah Gul and
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in addition to Defense Minister
İsmet Yılmaz.
The decision, however, did not include the name of Bayar's successor.
Bayar, who was picked by Erdogan for the post in 2004, became Turkey's
longest-serving official overseeing multibillion-dollar programs at
the national procurement agency.
Bayar and his institution made headlines after Turkey announced in
September 2013 that it had chosen China's FD-2000 missile-defense
system over rival offers from Franco-Italian Eurosam SAMP/T and
U.S.-listed Raytheon Co. - at the cost of severe reaction from its
NATO allies.
According to reports, Bayar himself requested to leave the post,
and he may be appointed as the top advisor to Gul.
Still, the posting is likely to spark speculation due to its timing,
coming just a day after the leaking of a recording of top security
officials discussing possible ways to incite war with Syria on the
video-sharing site YouTube.
The account posted what it presented as a recording of intelligence
chief Hakan Fidan discussing possible military operations in Syria
with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Chief of General Staff
Gen. YaÅ~_ar Guler and other senior officials.
Armenian News - Tert.am
12:10 28.03.14
The chief of Turkey's procurement agency was removed from his post on
March 28 following the sensational leakage of a recording of a top
national security meeting that has raised concerns about the level
of espionage against the Turkish state, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Murad Bayar, the chief of the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries
(SSM), was removed from office in order to be appointed to another
post, according to a decision by the Defense Ministry which went
into force after it was published in the Official Gazette early
on March 28. The decision was signed by President Abdullah Gul and
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in addition to Defense Minister
İsmet Yılmaz.
The decision, however, did not include the name of Bayar's successor.
Bayar, who was picked by Erdogan for the post in 2004, became Turkey's
longest-serving official overseeing multibillion-dollar programs at
the national procurement agency.
Bayar and his institution made headlines after Turkey announced in
September 2013 that it had chosen China's FD-2000 missile-defense
system over rival offers from Franco-Italian Eurosam SAMP/T and
U.S.-listed Raytheon Co. - at the cost of severe reaction from its
NATO allies.
According to reports, Bayar himself requested to leave the post,
and he may be appointed as the top advisor to Gul.
Still, the posting is likely to spark speculation due to its timing,
coming just a day after the leaking of a recording of top security
officials discussing possible ways to incite war with Syria on the
video-sharing site YouTube.
The account posted what it presented as a recording of intelligence
chief Hakan Fidan discussing possible military operations in Syria
with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Chief of General Staff
Gen. YaÅ~_ar Guler and other senior officials.
Armenian News - Tert.am