Below is a list of wars, UN Peacekeeping Missions and various operations of the
Turkish Armed Forces.
WARS:
1. War of Independence (1919-1922): Although the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, I
decided to include the War of Independence in the list, because without it, there would be
no Turkey and no Turkish Armed Forces.
Against: Greece, France, United Kingdom.
Turkey's military casualties (K.I.A. only): 11641
2. Korean War (1950-1953)
Against: North Korea and China.
Turkey's military casualties (K.I.A. only): 721
3. Cyprus War (1974)
Against: Greek Cypriot and Greek forces and EOKA militants in Cyprus.
Turkey's military casualties (K.I.A. only): 498
OPERATIONS:
1. Fight against the terrorist/seperatist group PKK/KADEK (1984-2000)
2. Capture of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of PKK, in Kenya (1999).
3. Capture of Semdin Sakik, the second name in command of the PKK (1998).
4. Kardak (Imia) Islets operation (1996).
5. Operation Deny Flight/Deliberate Forge/Joint Guardian: Air Force patrol/escort missions
over Bosnia (1993-1996)
6. Air Force patrol, escort and strike operations over Kosovo (1999).
U.N. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS:
1. Somalia (UNOSOM): 1993-94
2. Bosnia (UNPROFOR): 1993-95
3. Bosnia (IFOR/SFOR): 1995-Present
3. Albania (Operation ALBA): 1997
4. Kosovo (KFOR): 1999-Present
5. Afghanistan (ISAF): 2001-2003
6. Afghanistan (ISAF) Second term: 2005-Present
7. Lebanon (UNIFIL): 2006-Present
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