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The following is a '''list of wars involving the ]'''.
{{History of Turkey}}
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
|- |-
! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=| <span style="color: white">Conflict</span> ! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="2" width=195px| <span style="color: white">Conflict</span>
! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=145px| <span style="color: white">Turkey<br />and allies</span> ! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="2" width=175px| <span style="color: white">Turkey<br />and allies</span>
! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=145px| <span style="color: white">Opponents</span> ! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="2" width=175px| <span style="color: white">Opponents</span>
! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=320px| <span style="color: white">Results</span> ! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="2" width=320px| <span style="color: white">Results</span>
! style="background:#E30A17" colspan="2" width=| <span style="color: white">Turkish losses</span>
|- |-
! style="background:#E30A17" colspan="4"|<span style="color: white">'''Ankara Government (1920&ndash;1923)'''</span> ! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=55px| <span style="color: white"><small>Military</small></span>
! style="background:#E30A17" rowspan="1" width=55px| <span style="color: white"><small>Civilian</small></span>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1919-1923) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1919-1923)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Turkey|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon|Turkey|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} ]<br/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Tr ponto2.gif|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon|France|size=25px}} ]<br/>] ]<br>{{flag|United Kingdom|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagcountry|British Raj|size=25px}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg|size=25px}} ]<br>{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=22px}}<br/>] ]<br/>{{flagicon|France|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flag|United Kingdom|size=22px}}<br>{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} ]<hr />{{flagicon image|Kurdish flag (1932).png|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flag|United States|size=25px}}
|style="background:#efefef"|'''Victory'''<ref>Chester Neal Tate, ''Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities'', Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, </ref><br> |style="background:#efefef"|'''Victory'''<ref>Chester Neal Tate, ''Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities'', Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, </ref><br>
*Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate. *Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate.
*]. *].
*Establishment of the ]. *Establishment of the ].
⚫ |style="background:#efefef"| <center>~41,000</center>
⚫ |-
! style="background:#E30A17" colspan="4"|<span style="color: white">'''Republic of Turkey (1923&ndash;)'''</span> |style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1925) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1925)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Kurdish flag (1932).png|size=22px}} ] tribes
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*Revolt suppressed. *Revolt suppressed.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>15,000&ndash;<br/>250,000</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1927-1930) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1927-1930)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Republic of Ararat.svg|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Kurdish flag (1932).png|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*] disbanded. *] disbanded.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>4,500&ndash;<br/>47,000</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1937&ndash;1938) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1937&ndash;1938)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Kurdish flag (1932).png|size=22px}} Dersim tribes
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*Revolt suppressed. *Revolt suppressed.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>199</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ] <br /> (1950&ndash;1953) |style="background:#efefef"| ] <br /> (1950&ndash;1953)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Flag|South Korea|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag|United Nations|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag|United States|1912|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{Flag|South Korea|size=22px}}<br/>{{Flag|United Nations|size=22px}}<br/>{{flag|United States|1912|size=22px}}<br/>{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Flag|North Korea|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag|China|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{Flag|North Korea|size=22px}}<br/>{{Flag|China|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Ceasefire''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Ceasefire'''
*The ] *The ]
*Little territorial change at the ] border. *Little territorial change at the ] border.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>904<ref>Including 163 missing</ref></center>
⚫ |-
|style="background:#efefef"|]<br /> (1955-1964) |style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
⚫ |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}}<br />{{flagicon|Turkey|size=25px}}]
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ]
⚫ |style="background:#efefef"| '''Defeat'''
*Greek Cypriots recognized as de jure possessor of Republic Of Cyprus
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1964) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1964)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}} <br />{{flagicon|Turkey|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}} <br />{{flagicon|Turkey|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ] |style="background:#efefef"| ] ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Defeat''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Stalemate'''
*Minor geographical changes.
*Kokkina enclave was effectively reduced to approximately 50-60% of its original size.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''Unknown''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1974) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1974)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}}<br />{{flagicon|Turkey|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}<br />{{flagicon|Turkey|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ] |style="background:#efefef"| ] ]<br/>{{flag|Greece|1970|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus. *Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>498</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1978&ndash;2013) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1976&ndash;1980)<ref name="Gil">Gil, Ata. "La Turquie à marche forcée," '']'', February 1981.</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Former Flag of KDP.png|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of PUK.png|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Turkey|size=22px}} ]<hr/>] ]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kurdistan_Workers_Party_(PKK).svg|size=25px}} ]<br/>] ]<br/>{{flagicon image|Drapeau du Parti pour une vie libre au Kurdistan - PJAK.png|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|PDK Bakur.png|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|Red flag.svg|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon image|Red flag.svg|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| ''']'''
*Violence abruptly stopped.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stargazete.com/gazete/yazar/savci-ergenekon-u-kenan-evren-e-sormali-asil-113287.htm
|accessdate=2008-10-21
|title=Savcı, Ergenekon’u Kenan Evren’e sormalı asıl!
|work=Star Gazete
|first=Aziz
|last=Ustel
|date=2008-07-14
|language=Turkish
|quote=Ve 13 Eylül 1980’de Türkiye’yi on yıla yakın bir süredir kasıp kavuran terör ve adam öldürmeler bıçakla kesilir gibi kesildi.
}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef" colspan=2| <center>5,388<br/><small>(both sides)</small></center>
⚫ |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1978&ndash;)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kurdistan_Workers_Party_(PKK).svg|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|Drapeau du Parti pour une vie libre au Kurdistan - PJAK.png|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image|PDK Bakur.png|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Ongoing''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Ongoing'''
*Current cease-fire
*Ongoing ] *Ongoing ]
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>6,653</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>~ 18,000</center>
⚫ |-

|-
⚫ |style="background:#efefef"| ] <br />(1995)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|NATO|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Republika Srpska|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| ''' Victory'''
*]
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|-
|style="background:#efefef"| ] <br />(1997)
⚫ |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Former Flag of KDP.png|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of PUK.png|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kurdistan_Workers_Party_(PKK).svg|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>145</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1999) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(1999)
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ]<br/>{{flag|NATO|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| ] ]<br/>{{flag|NATO|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| ''' Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| ''' Victory'''
*] *]
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(2001&ndash;''present'') |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(2001&ndash;2014)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Afghanistan|size=25px}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Afghanistan|size=22px}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|size=25px}} ]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Taliban.svg|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Ongoing'''. |style="background:#efefef"| ''']'''.
*Fall of the ]. *Fall of the ].
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>15</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|- |-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(2011) |style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(2011)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Libya|1951|size=25px}} ]<br />{{Flag|NATO|size=25px}} |style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Libya|1951|size=22px}} ]<br />{{Flag|NATO|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|1977|size=25px}} ] |style="background:#efefef"| {{Flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|1977|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory''' |style="background:#efefef"| '''Victory'''
*The ] assumed interim control of Libya. *The ] assumed interim control of Libya.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>''None''</center>
|-
|style="background:#efefef"| ]<br />(2015&ndash;)
|style="background:#efefef"| ] ]<br />{{Flag|United Kingdom|size=22px}}<br />{{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}<br>{{Flag|Jordan|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag|Morocco|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag|Bahrain|size=22px}}<br/>{{Flag|Qatar|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag|Saudi Arabia|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag|UAE|size=22px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|ISIS|size=22px}} ]
|style="background:#efefef"| '''Ongoing'''
*Turkish intervention following the outbreak of the ] in July 2015.
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>1</center>
|style="background:#efefef"| <center>87<br/><small>(estimate)</small></center>
|} |}


==Other armed conflicts involving Turkey == ==Other armed conflicts involving Turkey ==
*] 1930
* ]
**] 1925
**] 1937
*] 1962 *] 1962
*]
*] 1964
**]
*]
**]
⚫ *]
*] 1980s-present
*] *]


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==References == ==References ==
{{reflist|2}} {{reflist}}


{{Middle East topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving Middle Eastern countries}} {{Middle East topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving Middle Eastern countries}}

Revision as of 08:36, 28 October 2015

The following is a list of wars involving the Republic of Turkey.

Conflict Turkey
and allies 		Opponents Results Turkish losses
Military Civilian
War of Independence
(1919-1923) 		Ottoman Empire Ankara Government
Ottoman Empire Kuva-yi Milliye
  Greece
Armenia
France France
 United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire Istanbul Government
Kurdish rebels
Georgia
 United States 		Victory
~41,000
Unknown
Sheikh Said Rebellion
(1925) 		 Turkey Kurdish tribes Victory
  • Revolt suppressed.
Unknown
15,000–
250,000
Ararat Rebellion
(1927-1930) 		 Turkey Republic of Ararat Victory
Unknown
4,500–
47,000
Dersim Rebellion
(1937–1938) 		 Turkey Dersim tribes Victory
  • Revolt suppressed.
199
Unknown
Korean War
(1950–1953) 		 South Korea
 United Nations
 United States
 United Kingdom 		 North Korea
 China 		Ceasefire
904
None
Battle of Kokkina
(1964) 		 Turkey
Turkey TMT 		Cyprus Stalemate
  • Minor geographical changes.
Unknown
Unknown
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
(1974) 		 Turkey
Turkey TMT 		Cyprus
 Greece 		Victory
  • Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.
498
None
Political violence in Turkey
(1976–1980) 		Turkey Turkish Armed Forces
File:Ülkü Ocakları Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı Logosu.png Grey Wolves 		TKP/ML
THKO
Devrimci Yol 		1980 Turkish coup d'état
  • Violence abruptly stopped.
5,388
(both sides)
Turkey–PKK Conflict
(1978–) 		 Turkey PKK
PJAK
KDP/North 		Ongoing
6,653
~ 18,000
Operation Deliberate Force
(1995) 		 NATO  Republika Srpska Victory
None
None
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
(1997) 		 Turkey
KDP 		PUK
PKK 		Victory
  • Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK.
145
None
Operation Allied Force
(1999) 		UÇK
 NATO 		 FR Yugoslavia Victory
None
None
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2014) 		 Afghanistan
ISAF 		Al-Qaeda
Taliban 		Continues.
15
None
Libyan Civil War
(2011) 		Libya NTC
 NATO 		Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
None
None
Intervention in Syria
(2015–) 		United States
 United Kingdom
 Turkey
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 UAE 		Islamic State Islamic State Ongoing
1
87
(estimate)

Other armed conflicts involving Turkey

See also

References

  1. Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.
  2. Including 163 missing
  3. Gil, Ata. "La Turquie à marche forcée," Le Monde diplomatique, February 1981.
  4. Ustel, Aziz (2008-07-14). "Savcı, Ergenekon'u Kenan Evren'e sormalı asıl!". Star Gazete (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-21. Ve 13 Eylül 1980'de Türkiye'yi on yıla yakın bir süredir kasıp kavuran terör ve adam öldürmeler bıçakla kesilir gibi kesildi.
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