Supreme Military Council (Turkey)

The Supreme Military Council (Turkish: Yüksek Askerî Şûra, YAŞ) is a committee in the Turkish Armed Forces. It convenes annually to determine the military's agenda. It was restructured in 2018.^[1]^[2]

It is formed under the chairpersonship of the President, Vice President, Ministers of Justice, Interior, Foreign Affair, Treasury and Finance, National Education, National Defense, Chief of General Staff, commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force.^[3] The Secretary General of the Council is the Minister of National Defense.

Generally, council meetings are held in the first week of August and expands into three days. The appointments are made to be effective by 30 August (Victory Day). However, due to failed 15 July coup, the 2016 council meeting was held on 28 July 2016 and completed in a single day.^[4]

Council members[]

Member		Office
	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President
	Fuat Oktay	Vice President
	Abdulhamit Gül	Minister of Justice
	Süleyman Soylu	Minister of the Interior
	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Lütfi Elvan	Minister of Treasury and Finance
	Ziya Selçuk	Minister of National Education
	Hulusi Akar	Minister of National Defense
	General Yaşar Güler	Chief of the General Staff
	General Ümit Dündar	Commander of the Land Forces
	Admiral Adnan Özbal	Commander of the Naval Forces
	General Hasan Küçükakyüz	Commander of the Air Force