Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan violently attacked a group of retired admirals on Monday who criticized the project for a new canal in Istanbul that he is carrying, accusing them of insinuating "
a political coup
" .
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“
The duty of retired admirals is not to publish statements that contain allusions to a political coup.
No retired civil servant has the right to take such a path,
”Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara.