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Introduction - Turkey: | Location - Turkey: | People - Turkey: | Government - Turkey: | Economy - Turkey: | Communications - Turkey: | Transportation - Turkey: | Military - Turkey: | Military branches | Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri, THK) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 20 years of age (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 16,756,323
females age 20-49: 16,051,706 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 13,905,901
females age 20-49: 13,335,812 (2005 est.) | | Military note | in the early 1990s, the Turkish Land Force was a large but badly equipped infantry force; there were 14 infantry divisions, but only one was mechanized, and out of 16 infantry brigades, only six were mechanized; a subsequent overhaul has produced highly mobile forces with greatly enhanced firepower in accordance with NATOs new strategic concept (2005) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 679,734
females age 20-49: 659,090 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 1-1.2 million (fighting 1984-99 between Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs in southeastern provinces) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 5.3% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Greece in the Aegean Sea; status of north Cyprus question remains; Syria and Iraq protest Turkish hydrological projects to control upper Euphrates waters; Turkey has expressed concern over the status of Kurds in Iraq; border with Armenia remains closed over Nagorno-Karabakh | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |