Military of 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.) |
| Manpower reaching military service age annually: | males age 18-49: 679,734 females age 20-49: 659,090 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: | 5.3% (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 NATO's new strategic concept (2005) |