Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working on a project stipulating radical changes in the structure of the Turkish armed forces. According to the project, the General Staff of the Armed Forces would be eliminated to be replaced by Staff of Defense Ministry.

It was informed by one of the project coordinators who got relevant instructions from the Prime Minister, Salamnews reported referring to the Turkish Taraf daily.

Position of the General Staff on the issue of three generals involved in Sledgehammer case, as well as the EU demands concerning relations of civil authorities and military elite urged the government to put an end to the problem. The project will not be made public until technical problems are solved.

The head of Staff of Defense Ministry will be fully subordinated to the Turkish Defense Minister. Transformation will also affect the building of the General Staff. Personnel of the Defense Ministry will be moved to the building of the General Staff and a model of American Pentagon will be created, the article says.