Young officers receive their diplomas from top officals

Newly graduated from the War Academies, the young officers received their diplomas yesterday in a ceremony attended by President Abdullah Gul, Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Buyukanit, Land Forces Commander Gen. İlker Basbug, and other high-level state and military officials. During the ceremony, 29 foreign officers, who received training in the academies, also received their diplomas. The total number of the graduates was 631. DATE.25-07-08