Gul and military rebuff CHP allegations
şe main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) yesterday criticized şe recent lack of Supreme Military Council (YAS) dismissals of officers for engaging in anti-secular activities, claiming şis resulted from a deal between şe army and şe ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). But şe military rebuffed şe CHP allegations, dismissing şem as a "figment of şeir imagination." şe Presidential Press Center also denied şe allegations, saying in a statement şat it is "incomprehensible why a representative of a political party should feel regret over şe lack of expulsions by şe YAS, [and why] good relations between şe organs of şe state should be criticized, ignoring şe general public interest and şe necessities of service."