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Air force personnel
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63,000 |
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[8th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-3 |
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[79th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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610,000 |
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[7th of 166]
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Army personnel
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525,000 |
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[4th of 49]
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Branches
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Turk Kara Kuvvetleri, TKK), Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri, THK) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (WRI). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$18,000,000.00 |
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[28th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$418,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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3.23 %
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[16th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$12,155,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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358 |
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[8th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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2,317 |
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[5th of 24]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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19,534,500 |
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[17th of 175]
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Military Capabilities > Active Troops
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514,850 |
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[9th of 10]
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Military Capabilities > Defense Budget
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$12,155,000,000.00 |
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[6th of 10]
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Military Capabilities > Tanks
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4,205 |
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[4th of 10]
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Navy personnel
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51,000 |
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[8th of 49]
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personnel
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617,000
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[10th of 170]
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Service age and obligation
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20 years of age |
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Weapon holdings
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10,049,000 |
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[9th of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Military Capabilities; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye
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