Erdogan: Turkey’s Military to be Restructured

DEFENSE AND TECHNOLOGY -- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant intelligence failures ahead of last week’s attempted military coup and that the armed forces would quickly be restructured and have “fresh blood.”

In his first interview since declaring a state of emergency following last Friday’s abortive coup, Erdogan said a new coup attempt was possible, but would not be easy, saying “we are more vigilant.”

“It is very clear that there were significant gaps and deficiencies in our intelligence, there is no point trying to hide it or deny it. I told it to the head of national intelligence,” Erdogan told Reuters in his palace in Ankara, which was targeted during the coup attempt.

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