Military power of Canada & Turkey
Canada vs Turkey
Canada is a country located in Northern North America with an area of 9,984,670 km2 (land boundries: 8,891 km and costline 202,080 km). The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The number of inhabitants is 38,048,738.
Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian's inventory is a mix of domestically-produced equipment and imported weapons systems from Australia, Europe, Israel, and the USA. The leading supplier is the United States. Canada's defense industry develops, maintains, and produces a range of equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles, naval vessels.
More about Canada militaryTurkey is a country located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe) with an area of 783,562 km2 (land boundries: 2,816 km and costline 7,200 km). The capital of Turkey is Ankara. The number of inhabitants is 83,614,362.
Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir. Under a long-range strategic plan, the Turkish Armed Forces continued efforts to modernize its equipment and force structure. The Turkish Armed Forces inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically-produced and Western weapons systems. In 2019 Turkey purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system. That complicated its relationship with NATO. Turkey has a strong defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use.
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Military expenditures
CA | TR | |
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Military budget: | 27 billion $ | 15.8 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.4% | 1.5% |
Manpower
CA | TR | |
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Active personnel: | 68,000 | 425,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 27,000 | 200,000 |
Available for military: | 8,031,266 | 21,079,077 |
Land Forces
CA | TR | ||
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Tanks: | 82 | 2,203 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,693 | 9,323 | |
Total artillery: | 163 | 3,103 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 0 | 1,034 | |
Rocket artillery: | 0 | 322 |
Air Forces
CA | TR | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 417 | 1,408 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 19 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 98 | 234 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 165 | 349 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 443 |
Navy
CA | TR | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 67 | 191 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 1 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 12 | 17 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 9 | |
Submarines: | 4 | 12 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Canada
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Military service
Canada
17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years
Turkey
21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12 months conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150.