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Iraq vs Turkey

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Iraq Turkey

Iraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.

The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.

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Turkey 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

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Military budget: 10 billion $ 15.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.5% 1.5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 193,000 425,000
Reserve personnel: 553,000 200,000
Available for military: 11,700,000 21,079,077

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 848 2,203
Armoured fighting vehicles: 5,284 9,323
Total artillery: 1,969 3,103
Self-propelled artillery: 283 1,034
Rocket artillery: 424 322

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 379 1,408
Fighter aircraft: 0 19
Multirole aircraft: 26 234
Attack aircraft: 32 0
Helicopters: 203 349
UCAV (combat drone): 14 443

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 68 191
Aircraftcarriers: 0 1
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 17
Corvettes: 2 9
Submarines: 0 12

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Iraq

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

Iraq

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

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.