The Ministry of National Defense announced that it has taken action against the “share your photo with your uniform” trend that started on social media. Many police/military personnel joined this movement and shared their photos in uniform, even though it was forbidden.
In recent days, a trend has started in social media, which is not yet clear how it emerged. With the trend that started under the tag “Share your photo with your uniform”, many police and soldiers made posts on Instagram that could pose security problems. The Ministry of National Defense took action regarding the flow, whose number of posts exceeded 140 thousand.
The Ministry has started to identify the personnel who make posts that may cause security problems on social media, one by one. Legal action has been taken against personnel regarding posts that violate military rules. It was stated that studies have been initiated in the unions to take more stringent measures on the issue.
Posting in military uniform is legally prohibited:
Posting in military uniform was prohibited in writing by the decision of the Military Court of Appeals Chambers Board dated 04.04.2013 and numbered 2013/35-32. The rationale for this order for personnel was to ensure troop discipline and security and to counter intelligence. In April 2020, a soldier was sentenced to ‘disobedience’ for sharing a post on Facebook in his military uniform.
The posts were viewed by hundreds of thousands of people:
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