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| Turkish Armed Forces | |
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| Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri (Turkish) | |
 Emblem of the Turkish Armed Forces | |
| Founded | 3 May 1920[a] |
| Service branches |  Turkish Land Forces Turkish Naval Forces Turkish Air Force |
| Headquarters | General Staff Building, Bakanlıklar, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
| Website | https://www.tsk.tr |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief |  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Minister of National Defense |  Yaşar Güler[2] |
| Chief of the General Staff |  Metin Gürak |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 20[3] |
| Conscription | 6 months |
| Active personnel | 355,200[4] |
| Reserve personnel | 378,700[4] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | US$15.8 billion (2023)[5] |
| Percent of GDP | 1.5% (2023)[6] |
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| Domestic suppliers | List
SSB MKEK Roketsan Aselsan TAI Havelsan TÜBİTAK Baykar STM BMC Otokar FNSS Nurol Makina Sarsılmaz GİRSAN TİSAŞ Canik Arms UTAŞ Transvaro ASFAT Meteksan |
| Foreign suppliers | List  Germany South Korea Italy China United Kingdom Russia United States |
| Annual exports | $5.5 billion (2023)[7] |
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The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey. The Turkish Armed Forces consist of the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Forces. The Chief of the General Staff is the Commander of the Armed Forces. In wartime, the Chief of the General Staff acts as the Commander-in-Chief on behalf of the President, who represents the Supreme Military Command of the TAF on behalf of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.[9] Coordinating the military relations of the TAF with other NATO member states and friendly states is the responsibility of the General Staff.
The history of the Turkish Armed Forces began with its formation after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish military perceived itself as the guardian of Kemalism, the official state ideology, especially of its emphasis on secularism. After becoming a member of NATO in 1952, Turkey initiated a comprehensive modernization program for its armed forces. The Turkish Army sent 14,936 troops to fight in the Korean War alongside South Korea and NATO. Towards the end of the 1980s, a second restructuring process was initiated. The Turkish Armed Forces participate in an EU Battlegroup under the control of the European Council, the Italian-Romanian-Turkish Battlegroup. The TAF also contributes operational staff to the Eurocorps multinational army corps initiative of the EU and NATO.
The Turkish Armed Forces is the second largest standing military force in NATO, after the U.S. Armed Forces.[10] Turkey is one of five NATO member states which are part of the nuclear sharing policy of the alliance, together with Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.[11] A total of 50 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs are hosted at the Incirlik Air Base, the most of the five countries.[12]
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- ^ "Official Newspaper Turkey – Assignments" (PDF). resmigazete.gov.tr (in Turkish). Resmi Gazete. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ The Military Balance (2020 ed.). London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies. 14 February 2020. pp. 153–156. ISBN 978-0367466398.
- ^ a b International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. pp. 141–144. ISBN 9781032508955.
- ^ "SIPRI Fact Sheet - TRENDS IN WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE, 2023" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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- ^ Husain, Amir. "Turkey Builds A Hyperwar Capable Military". Forbes. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Foreign Minister Wants US Nukes out of Germany". Der Spiegel. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance". www.armscontrol.org. Arms Control Association. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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