The Gendarmerie General Command on Tuesday denied reports that appeared in some Turkish dailies on Monday claiming that the general most likely to be promoted to head of the Land Forces Command at this year's Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) meeting has plans to appoint the best generals in the military to the troubled southeastern and eastern regions.

The Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications made some changes to the Turkish Civil Aviation Act on Wednesday whereby armed police will travel on flights in an effort to increase security.

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As the recent assignment of Poland's former chief of general staff as ambassador to Ankara suggests, Poland is eager to establish closer cooperation with the Turkish defense industry.

The council of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has decided to assign terrain of its own, which is located in the Cumhuriyet neighborhood of the Sarıyer district, for construction of a cemevi.

The Ministry of Education has set teacher assignments for 2012 and will employ 15,934 new, full-time teachers in 30 provinces.

In a surprise move on Tuesday, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) removed the presiding judge in the Sledgehammer trial, Zafer Başkurt, from the trial and assigned him to a court in Gebze. The board also removed Erkan Canak, a judge at the İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court, and assigned him to a court in Sakarya.

Following the Cabinet's enactment of a new Foreign Ministry decision that was also published in the Official Gazette on Sunday, 10 ambassadors were assigned to the central office of the Turkish Foreign Ministry as many diplomats were instructed to take the ambassadors' positions abroad.