As Turkey continues to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the PKK and other terrorist organizations, the Supreme Military Council (YAŞ), which convenes Turkey's top civil and military officials, will be held in Ankara between Aug. 3 and Aug. 5. YAŞ, which will be headed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, will see all top commanders, apart from Land Forces Commander Gen. Hulusi Akar, retire and be replaced with new generals. YAŞ's decisions will then be submitted to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for approval.Prime Minister Davutoğlu, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces Gen. Necdet Özel, Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gönül, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Gen. Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces Adm. Bülent Bostanoğlu, Commander of the Turkish Air Force Gen. Akın Öztürk, Commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie Forces Abdullah Atay and Deputy Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces Gen. Yaşar Güler, along with other high-ranking officers of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), will be attending the meetings. At the August YAŞ meetings, various subjects regarding the TSK including promotions, appointments, extension of tenures and discharge of military personnel for disciplinary action and immorality are to be discussed.The threat imposed by the "parallel structure" – referring to the Gülen Movement – as well as military personnel who are allegedly affiliated with the movement will also top the YAŞ meeting discussions. Moreover, the ongoing investigation on over 1,000 allegedly Gülenist military personnel, increasing terrorist activities and operations against them are also expected to be covered. As his four-year term as commander is coming to an end, Özel will attend the meetings for the last time. While his term ends on Aug. 30, Özel is preparing to retire 10 days early to provide more time for the acclimatization of his successor due to the critical nature of the ongoing operations against ISIS and the PKK. As a part of his farewell tour, he visited Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Thursday and will visit Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli on Friday. According to TSK precedents, Özel is to be replaced by Akar. Meanwhile, either Güler or the commander of the 1st Army, Gen. Salih Zeki Çolak, are expected to fill the post that will vacated by Akar. Similarly, it is anticipated that the commander of the Aegean Army, Gen. Galip Mendi, will replace Atay, as his term is also coming to an end.