By Burak Bekdil ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News   Some Turkish defense officials believe the country needs to up its military expenditures amid NATO requirements to do so. If the government embraces the idea, Turkey’s defense procurement budget may double by 2018 Turkey’s current defense procurement spending is around 1.25 percent of its $800-billion GDP, but defense officials say it should...

On the10th of May 2014 the representative of International Relations Officer Capt Kyrou Stavros within our contacts with relevant associations of  Military personnel had a meeting with the President of the Panhellenic Federation of Military ( IMNCP ) Lt Col Tsoukarakis Anestis. The meeting which took place in Athens and lasted beyond 3 hours, with CAOA initiative in order to inform each other on...

On May 20, 2014 the first meeting of the Board of our Association with the honorable Minister for Defence Mr Christopher Fokaidis was held. From this meeting we gained the support of the Minister in most issues which employ officers. We discussed future cooperation of our Association with the Ministry for the best results

On Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 1100 the Board of our Association has been invited by the Defence Committee to participate in their meeting. The meeting is about the institutionalization of working time for members of the Armed Forces. There is a proposal by the members of the Committee and based on this we will start the discussion of the matter.

Following an invitation, the President of CAOA,  Cpt (Inf) Maliotis Ioannis  along with the President of  N-COACA   Mrs. Markoulidou Katerina will attend a meeting on 02 June 2014 at the Presidential Palace with the Director of the Office of President of the Republic, Mr. Panagiotis Antoniou. The meeting will take place in 0930 and aims to inform the Director on matters of concern to members of...

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The 2014 European elections will be the first elections held under the Lisbon Tready, which gives the European Parliament new law-making powers and several new fields under the co-decision procedure of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The new elected European Parliament will have more power and therefore also more responsibility. The decisions of the European...

We would like to inform you that after the elections held on the 24th of April 2015, the newly elected Board of the Cyprus Army Officers Association (CAOA), compiled into a body during its first meeting on the 27th of April 2015.  The duties of the new Board are: Chairman Deputy Chairman Α Deputy Chairman  Β Executive Secretary Secretary Treasurer Press Representative Representative of...

The Board of the Cyprus Army Officers Association and the Board of the Non-Commissioned Officers of the Cyprus Army would like to inform you that, an urgent Joint Meeting will be held due to serious developments regarding the Rules regulating the Service Hours and Duty of the members of the Army of the Republic.  The meeting will take place on Monday the 11th of May 2015 at 18:00 at "Cleopatra"...

The Administrative Council of the Cyprus Army Officers Association would like to inform you that the final positioning of the parliamentary parties regarding the regulation governing the working and duty hours of the National Guard members of the Republic took place on the 14th May 2015. It is expected that this will be forwarded to the Plenary of the House of Representatives for vote on the...