Military power of Syria & Turkey
Country: | Syria (SY) | Turkey (TR) |
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Capital: | Damascus | Ankara |
Population: | 17,500,657 | 83,614,362 |
Area: | 185,180 km2 | 783,562 km2 |
More: | Syria military forces description | Turkey military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 1.8 billion $ | 21.9 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 5% | 2.9% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 169,000 | 355,200 |
Reserve personnel: | 0 | 378,700 |
Available for military: | 11,550,000 | 21,079,077 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 4,156 | 3,017 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 3,810 | 11,450 | |
Total artillery: | 3,156 | 2,521 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 424 | 943 | |
Rocket artillery: | 582 | 399 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 518 | 1,573 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 110 | 48 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 40 | 245 | |
Attack aircraft: | 96 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 167 | 676 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 172 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 37 | 154 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 16 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 10 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 12 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Syria
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
Syria
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.
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.