List of wars involving Turkey

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
  Greece
Armenia
France France
Ottoman Empire Istanbul Government
Georgia		 Victory[1]
~41,000
Unknown
Sheikh Said Rebellion
(1925)		  Turkey Sunni Zaza 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
  North Korea
 China		 Ceasefire
904[2]
None
Battle of Erenköy
(1964)		  Turkey
Turkey TMT		 Cyprus Victory
  • Minor territorial gains by Greek Cypriots.
  • Greek Cypriot attack on Erenköy repelled.
Unknown
Unknown
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
(1974)		  Turkey
Turkey TMT		 Cyprus
 Greece		 Victory
  • Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.
568[3][4]
1,073[5][4]
Political violence in Turkey
(1976–1980)[6]		 Turkey Turkish Armed Forces
Grey Wolves		 TKP/ML
THKO
Devrimci Yol		 1980 Turkish coup d'état
  • Violence abruptly stopped.[7]
5,388
(both sides)
Turkey–PKK Conflict
(1978–)		  Turkey PKK
PJAK
KDP/North
TAK		 Ongoing
  • Renewed warfare starting in 2015.
7,230
~30'000
Operation Restore Hope
(1992–1995)		 United Nations UNITAF Somalia United Somali Congress Victory
  • Operation regarded as a success.[8]
None
None
Bosnian War
(1992–1995)		  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
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)

UÇK
 Albania (border clashes)

  FR Yugoslavia Victory
None
None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
 Afghanistan

 Afghanistan Taliban Ongoing
  • American-led coalition invasion and occupation of AfghanistanYugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo
  • Fall of the Taliban government
  • Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration
15
None
Libyan Civil War
(2011)		 Libya NTC
 Qatar

Enforcing Resolution 1973:

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
None
None
American-led intervention in Iraq
(2014–)

Local forces:
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Assyria Assyrian militias

  ISIS Ongoing
None
None
Operation Euphrates Shield
(2016–)		  Turkey
Free Syrian Army		  ISIS

Syrian Democratic Forces

 Ongoing
  • As of 22 October 2016, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have captured a total of 1,270 square kilometres from ISIS and SDF including the cities of Jarabulus and Dabiq.
18
None

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. ↑ Haydar Çakmak: Türk dış politikası, 1919–2008, Platin, 2008, ISBN 9944137251, page 688 (Turkish); excerpt from reference: 415 ground, 65 navy, 5 air, 13 gendarmerie, 70 resistance (= 568 killed)
  4. 1 2 American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies; Eugene K. Keefe (1980). Cyprus, a country study. Foreign Area Studies, American University : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 5 December 2012. Authoritative figures for casualties during the two- phased military operation were not published; available estimates listed Greek Cypriot losses at 6,000 dead and Turkish losses at 1,500 dead and 2,000 wounded...
  5. ↑ Haydar Çakmak: Türk dış politikası, 1919–2008, Platin, 2008, ISBN 9944137251, page 688 (Turkish); excerpt from reference: 415 ground, 65 navy, 5 air, 13 gendarmerie, 70 resistance (= 568 killed)
  6. ↑ Gil, Ata. "La Turquie à marche forcée," Le Monde diplomatique, February 1981.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Operation Restore Hope". Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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