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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 Islamic State

Islamic State

Ongoing
  • Outbreak of direct conflict in 2015.
1
87(estimate)
Intervention in Syria
(2015–)
United States
 United Kingdom
 Turkey
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 UAE
Islamic State Islamic State Ongoing
  • Turkish intervention against ISIS in July 2015.
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.