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Turkish Armed Forces

combined military forces of Turkey
Organization Armed Forces Q501053
Turkish Armed Forces
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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
armed forces
Official website
www.tsk.tr[26]
Short name
TSK[30]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
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4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Native label
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, ترك سلاحلی قوّتلری[28][29]

Status and dates

Inception
1920[12]

Location

Headquarters location
General Staff Building[3]
Country
Turkey[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Çankaya[1]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Relations

Child organization or unit
Turkish Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Air Force[4][5][6]
Has part(s)
Turkish Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Air Force, Gendarmerie General Command, Turkish Coast Guard[7][8][9][10][11]
Owner of
General Staff Building[31]
Parent organization or unit
Ministry of National Defense[24]
More facts +5
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27]
IPv4 routing prefix
194.27.30.0/24[32]
Participated in conflict
Greco-Turkish War, Turkish–Armenian War, Korean War, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War against the Islamic State, 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkish military operation in Afrin, 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Significant event
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt[25]
Social media followers
261k (190k–1.8M, n=8)[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Turkish Armed Forces en Military of Turkey en Amed Forces of Turkey en TSK ar القوات المسلحة التركية ar جيش تركيا ar الجيش التركي ar قوات مسلحه تركيه cs Ozbrojené síly Turecka de Streitkräfte der Türkei de Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri de Türkische Armee de Türkische Streitkräfte de Türkische Marine de Türkische Luftwaffe de Türkische Luftstreitkräfte el Τουρκικός στρατός el Τουρκικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις es Ejercito de Turquia es Fuerzas Armadas Turcas
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ROR ID
015dfn538
VIAF cluster ID
164562907
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2011010929
OpenAlex ID
I2799953620as of 2026-10-11
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20261011 · as of 2026-10-11
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not in the catalog
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4ort-mint · openalex:20261011 · version not recorded
GRID ID
grid.467069.a
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
turkijos-ginkluotosios-pajegos
Freebase ID
/m/07fmy
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Tyrkias_forsvar
Instagram username
tskgenelkurmay
J9U entity ID
987007490251905171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2799953620
Quora topic ID
Turkish-Armed-Forces
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Scilit organization ID
57540
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Turkish Armed Forces
Topic's main category
Category:Turkish Armed Forces
X (Twitter) username
tskgnkur, TSKGnkur
Yale LUX ID
group/c6b91265-3cb8-4fd0-8593-d734e2510d12
YouTube channel ID
UCCj4TmBjCZBziZm3ymaG3RQ
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📜 Data licence
Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
← Operator 13
S-400 Triumf, Bayraktar TB2, AN/FPS-117, JNG-90, Bayraktar Mini UAV, UMTAS, Bayraktar Tactical UAS, J-600T Yıldırım +5 more
Participated in conflict 11
Korean War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, Greco-Turkish War, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, Turkish–Armenian War, War against the Islamic State +3 more
← Parent organization or unit 11
Turkish Air Force, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Land Forces, Special Forces Command, First Army, Third Army, Special Warfare Department, 2nd Commando Brigade (Turkey) +3 more
Has part(s) 5
Turkish Air Force, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Land Forces, Gendarmerie General Command, Turkish Coast Guard
Has these parts 5
Turkish Air Force, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Land Forces, Gendarmerie General Command, Special Forces Command
Child organization or unit 3
Turkish Air Force, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Land Forces
Participated in 2
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019 – March 2020)
← Category's main topic 2
Category:Military of Turkey, Category:Turkish Armed Forces
← Military branch 2
Vincenz Müller, Ömer Halisdemir
Country 1
Turkey
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
armed forces
Owned entities 1
Turkish military base in Somalia
Parent organization or unit 1
Ministry of National Defense
Significant event 1
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
Topic's main category 1
Category:Turkish Armed Forces
← Allegiance 1
Nuri Berköz
← Child organization or unit 1
Ministry of National Defense
← Has effect 1
Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
← Killed by 1
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi
← Perpetrator 1
Zilan massacre
← Target 1
2020 Balyun airstrikes
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  1. 5w ago · Geagea · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Turkish Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces, Turkish Air Force +2
    Inception → +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+1331450'}, {'amount': '+735890'}, {'amount': '+190000'} +5
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987007490251905171"
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