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The Turkish Armed Forces is the second largest standing military force in NATO, after the U.S. Armed Forces. [11] 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 . [ 12 ]
The equipment was developed and produced for the Turkish Armed Forces by the Turkish company FNSS Defence Systems. After six years of development work, four units were delivered on 14 September 2011 in Ankara. With 50 more on order. [157] [158] [159] Leguan West Germany: 36 [123] Bought from the German Bundeswehr in 2008. [160] M48 AVLB United ...
1 Turkish Land Forces. 2 Turkish Air Force. 3 Turkish Naval Forces. 4 Gendarmerie General Command. 5 Turkish Coast Guard Command. 6 General Directorate of Security.
The Turkish Air Force operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, supported by a domestic aerospace industry, such as Turkish Aerospace Industries, that has made contributions to locally produce license-built aircraft and indigenous Unmanned aerial vehicle. The following is a list of currently active military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.
The Turkish Army traces its origin to the Ottoman Army. A theory accepted officially was that the Ottoman Armed Forces had been founded in 1363, when the Pençik corps (the predecessor of the Janissary Corps, the first full time professional military force established in Europe after the Roman legions) had been formed and, in this context, on 28 June 1963, it celebrated the 600th anniversary ...
New pods developed by Aselsan and TÜBİTAK for the Turkish F16s. [38] [39] New ASELPOD-2 is under development. [2] ASELPOD-2 Targeting pod EHPOD Electronic warfare pod ANTIDOT 3-U Electronic warfare pod New electronic warfare pod used by UAVs in service. [40] LANTIRN United States: Targeting/Navigation pod
This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008.It needs further authoritative corroboration. [1]A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.
This list includes commanders of the Turkish Land Forces (Turkish: Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı), who were, in their time of service, nominal heads of the Turkish Land Forces (or Turkish Army). The current Commander of the Turkish Land Forces is General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, since 3 August 2023. [1]