ANKARA, Turkey — Five military academy graduates and three of their immediate superiors were dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces for taking a pro-secular oath during their graduation ...

vowed to purge those responsible for the oath. Turkey has become more overtly religious under Erdogan, shedding some of the secularist traditions introduced by Ataturk. Turkey’s military has ...

Turkey Dismisses 5 Military Academy Graduates for Taking Discontinued Secular Oath ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Five military academy graduates and three of their immediate superiors were dismissed ...