Military power of Turkey & Armenia
Turkey vs Armenia
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.
More about Turkey militaryArmenia is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 29,743 km2 (land boundries: 1,570 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Armenia is Yerevan. The number of inhabitants is 2,967,900.
Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994. Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment.
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Military expenditures
TR | AM | |
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Military budget: | 15.8 billion $ | 1.5 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.5% | 5.3% |
Manpower
TR | AM | |
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Active personnel: | 425,000 | 70,600 |
Reserve personnel: | 200,000 | 210,000 |
Available for military: | 21,079,077 | 809,576 |
Land Forces
TR | AM | ||
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Tanks: | 2,203 | 269 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 9,323 | 610 | |
Total artillery: | 3,103 | 236 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 1,034 | 38 | |
Rocket artillery: | 322 | 103 |
Air Forces
TR | AM | ||
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Total aircraft: | 1,408 | 65 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 19 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 234 | 4 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 15 | |
Helicopters: | 349 | 45 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 443 | 0 |
Navy
TR | AM | ||
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Total naval: | 191 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 1 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 17 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 9 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 12 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Armenia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
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.
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.