Armed Forces of Turkey

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armed forces military organization

The Armed Forces of Turkey are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for national defense and participating in international security operations as a key NATO member.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Turkish Armed Forces	10
Turkish military	1
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
abbreviation	TSK ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commanderInChief	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ surface form: President of Turkey
conflict	Turkish military intervention in Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Cyprus Peace Operation Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ Operation Olive Branch ⓘ Operation Peace Spring ⓘ Syrian civil war interventions ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
controlledBy	Ministry of National Defence of Turkey ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of Turkey
countryHeadOfStateIsCommanderInChief	Presidency of Turkey ⓘ surface form: President of Turkey
foundedBy	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of Turkey
hasBranch	Turkish Air Force ⓘ Turkish Coast Guard ⓘ Turkish Gendarmerie ⓘ Turkish Land Forces ⓘ Turkish Naval Forces ⓘ
hasCapability	air warfare ⓘ land warfare ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ
hasComponent	conscripts ⓘ professional soldiers ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Ankara ⓘ
isMemberOf	NATO ⓘ Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe operations ⓘ United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
language	Turkish ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Turkey
motto	Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh (Peace at home, peace in the world) ⓘ
nativeName	Armed Forces of Turkey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri
participatesIn	NATO Response Force ⓘ NATO exercises ⓘ
partOf	state of Turkey ⓘ
precededBy	Ottoman Army ⓘ Turkish Gendarmerie ⓘ surface form: Ottoman Gendarmerie Ottoman navy ⓘ surface form: Ottoman Navy
role	national defense of Turkey ⓘ participation in international security operations ⓘ protection of Turkish sovereignty ⓘ
serviceBranchesUnderPeacetimeControlOf	interior and public security ministry ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Interior (Gendarmerie and Coast Guard)
serviceBranchesUnderWartimeControlOf	Turkish Armed Forces (Gendarmerie and Coast Guard) ⓘ
shortName	Armed Forces of Turkey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Turkish Armed Forces
supremeCommanderTitle	Presidency of Turkey ⓘ surface form: President of the Republic of Turkey
usesConscription	yes ⓘ