Manisa Brigadier Commander Discharged Following Food Poisoning

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Following hundreds of soldiers being poisoned by food and one soldier losing his life in Manisa, Manisa 1st Training Brigade Commander Colonel Şevki Güvenç has been discharged.

Being discharged through Minister of National Defense Fikri Işık’s instruction, Güvenç was assigned to the Training and Doctrine Command in Balgat in capital city of Ankara.

He was assigned to the Brigadier Command by proxy after the former commander Yavuz Ekrem Aslan was arrested in FETÖ (Fethullahist Terror Organization) in the wake of July 15 coup attempt.

Colonel Güven Dere was assigned to Güvenç’s post by proxy.

What happened?

The Ministry of Health had declared that preliminary inspections concerning the suspicion of food poisoning was completed and it was determined that it was food poisoning.

As part of the investigation launched following the poisoning incidents, 10 people including Rota Yemekçilik Şirketi (Rota Food Company) General Director, its Purchasing Manager and its Representative to Manisa were arrested.

38 people including soldiers were released. (EKN/TK)