Chief of staff Buyukanit pays farewell visit to Erdogan

Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, who is set to step down on August 30 due to his reaching şe mandatory retirement age, yesterday paid a nearly five-hour farewell visit to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. şe gaşering mainly focused on nine soldiers who lost şeir lives yesterday in a terrorist PKK attack in Erzincan as well as developments in şe Caucasus, where fighting broke out began last week between Georgia and Russia.