The Turkish military has 410,500 personnel, 207 fighter jets, 3,778 tanks, and 207 warships, ranking it as the 8th strongest in the world.
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| The Turkish military staged a coup on the night of July 15th and declared control over the entire country. According to Global Fire Powers, the Turkish military has an active force of approximately 410,500 personnel, including about 300,000 in the army. Photo: Sputnik. |
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| The army is organized into nine corps stationed throughout the country. Each corps has at least two mechanized infantry brigades capable of rapid response. The 3rd Corps is part of a joint rapid response force with NATO. Photo: AP. |
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| The Turkish Army has approximately 397 Leopard 1 main battle tanks, 354 Leopard 2 tanks purchased from Germany, 758 M48 Patton tanks, and 932 M60 Patton tanks purchased from the United States. Photo: Getty. |
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| The Altay is Türkiye's most modern main battle tank. This tank model is currently under development and is expected to enter mass production in 2017. Photo: Defence News. |
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| In addition, the army possesses more than 9,000 armored vehicles of various types, the most numerous being M113 armored personnel carriers purchased from the United States. Photo: Southfront. |
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| The Turkish artillery force is very powerful, consisting of 227 T-155 Firtina self-propelled howitzers (pictured) - a K9 Thunder variant imported from South Korea, along with thousands of other towed artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers. Photo: Military Today. |
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| The army's most powerful air support force is the T-129 Atak attack helicopter, developed in cooperation with Italy. The T-129 is considered one of the most modern attack helicopters in the world. Photo: Wallpart. |
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| The Turkish Navy has a total of 16 frigates, 9 escort ships, 13 diesel-electric submarines, 20 fast attack craft, 25 patrol boats, 15 minehunters, 33 landing ships, and 5 oil tankers. The largest warship in the navy is the Gabya-class destroyer (pictured) – a version of the American Oliver Hazard Perry-class destroyer. Photo: Eugenio's Warships. |
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| The main underwater combat force consists of 13 Atilay-class submarines (a version of the Type-209 submarine imported from Germany). Photo: Wikipedia. |
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| The Turkish Air Force has a total of 348 fighter aircraft, with its most powerful combat force being 240 F-16C/D fighters (pictured) imported from the United States. Photo: Flickr. |
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| 63 F-4E Phantom fighter-bombers (pictured), including 14 converted for reconnaissance missions. 59 F-5 light interceptor fighters. Photo: Planesportter. |
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| The combat squadron is commanded by a Boeing 737 AEW&C airborne early warning and control aircraft (pictured). The military transport force includes approximately 15 C-130s, 12 CT-160s, 50 CN-235s, and 7 A400Ms. |
According to Zing
