Military power of Turkey & Finland
Country: | Turkey (TR) | Finland (FI) |
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Capital: | Ankara | Helsinki |
Population: | 83,614,362 | 5,536,146 |
Area: | 783,562 km2 | 338,424 km2 |
More: | Turkey military forces description | Finland military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 21.9 billion $ | 5.8 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.9% | 2.15% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 355,200 | 21,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 378,700 | 900,000 |
Available for military: | 21,079,077 | 1,155,368 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,017 | 199 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 11,450 | 1,836 | |
Total artillery: | 2,521 | 908 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 943 | 120 | |
Rocket artillery: | 399 | 56 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,573 | 208 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 48 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 245 | 55 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 676 | 27 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 172 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 154 | 64 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 16 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 10 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 12 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Finland
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.
Finland
18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory - and female voluntary - national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months; military obligation to age 60