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TOP OF THE CLASS LIEUTENANT LOSES CASE TO BE REINSTATED
Inside Turkey Mar 26, 2026

TOP OF THE CLASS LIEUTENANT LOSES CASE TO BE REINSTATED

Ebru Eroğlu, one of five lieutenants expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on the grounds of insubordination for raising their swords in the air and chanting the slogan “We are Mustafa Kemal’s soldiers” during the Military Academy’s swearing-in ceremony on August 30, 2024, lost the lawsuit to return to the military she filed against the Defense Ministry.

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