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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 		Victory[1]
~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[2]
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)[3] 		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.[4]
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
Turkey–ISIL conflict
(2013–) 		 Turkey
  Daesh Ongoing
1
87

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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