Erdogan takes total control of Turkish defense industry
With yet another emergency status decree, Turkey's president makes himself top gun of the country's entire defense industry.
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Turkey's president is continuing to assume more and more power by issuing emergency status decrees. Most recently, he has taken over the country's defense industry.
This is the second major move illustrating how executive powers are being transferred from the prime minister to the president, following an August decree that attached the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) to the president.