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Overview
As a regional power, Turkey has agreed dozens of deals with our neighbours to bring our armed forces into security and defence cooperations of different sorts. North, South, East, and West, the following is a summary, with adjustments to account for recent events and requests from other nations for Turkey to assist in their defence environment.
Turkey provides a full spectrum - from force advice and training, to combat operations, alone and with allied. Turkey has the second largest total deployment of forces overseas of any country, second only to the United States and that's not counting the mercenaries we hire to do the really untidy stuff.
| Location | Amount of Troops | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus Peacekeeping Force | 55,000 | Since 1974, the force structure has changed little, in order not to escalate with Greece, Cyprus, and our other NATO allies. This is now changing more, with the Division centric army reforms |
| Qatar | 5,000 | Mostly consisting of trainers and special operations forces in addition to air and naval units. The base will also contribute to counter-terrorism and international peacekeeping operations. In 2018, Turkey and Qatar also signed an agreement for Turkey to establish a naval base in northern Qatar, which hosts air, land, and Navy units. |
| Somalia | 2,000 | Since 2017, Camp TURKSOM in Mogadishu trains the officers and soldiers of the Somali Armed Forces and is helping the Somali government to build a national military force. |
| Albania | 24 | In 1997 Turkey agreed to rebuild Albania’s only naval base, Pasha Liman (Vlorë). This agreement granted Turkey’s navy the right to use the base. In February 2020, Albania and Turkey signed the Defense Cooperation Plan to strengthen and intensify their interactions in the areas of security and defense. |
| Azerbaijan | 250 | In 2010, Turkey and Azerbaijan signed the Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support. Slight downsizing Since the Great victory in Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| Sudan | 800 | A 2023 deal signed with Sudan gives Turkey a role training and assisting the government led forces. A Great victory won afmgainst the RSF has precipitated a drawdown, and we have removed 8,000 soldiers for now. |
| Libya | 130 advisors to the Government forces and approximately 9,000 mercenaries from Syria and elsewhere, under SADAT | |
| Bosnia Hertzegovina | 242 | Under EUROFOR Operation Althea |
| Iraq | 6,000 | Turkey has more than 40 military and intelligence bases scattered all around Iraq, primarily in in Bashiqa and Bamarni Air Base, and a new base in the Metina area of Duhok governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. |
| Syria | 6,000 | Turkey had announced a withdrawl from from bases in Atme, Darat Jizza, Al-Bab, Al-Rai, Akhtarin, Afrin, Jindires, Rajo and Jarablus, 115 bases in total. However, we will not be doing it quite yet. We have reestablished our positions and most of the mercenaries now back from Sudan will be redeployed in Syria. |
| Central African Republic | 50 Peacekeepers and 100 non-Turkish Islamist mercenaries in concert with Qatar | UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 152 Peacekeepers | MONUSCO mission. |
| Lebanon | 100 | UNIFIL mission and Maritime Task Force (MTF) participant units |
| Mali | 50 | UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA) |
| Kosovo | 321 | serve in the Kosovo Security Battalion command. They are stationed at Sultan Murat base in the city of Prizren for UNMIK mission and KFOR peacekeeping forces |
In Addition: the TCG Anadolou will deploy this year, with a fancy new drone Air Wing, travelling around the Eastern Med, harassing Greek seafloor survey vessels briefly, before heading to Sudan to bring back some of out equipment and troops.
The Fleet:
- TCG Anadolou LHD
- 6 x Bayraktar Kizilelma STOL Jet drones
- 6 x Anka-2 Aksungur STOL Prop drones
- 8 x T-70 navalised Helicopters
- 2 x Istanbul Class Frigates
- 2 x Ada Class Corvettes
- 1 x Type 209etc Submarine
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