Military power of Turkey & Greece
Country: | Turkey (TR) | Greece (GR) |
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Capital: | Ankara | Athens |
Population: | 83,614,362 | 10,718,565 |
Area: | 783,562 km2 | 131,990 km2 |
More: | Turkey military forces description | Greece military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 21.9 billion $ | 5.3 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.9% | 2.6% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 355,200 | 107,600 |
Reserve personnel: | 378,700 | 221,600 |
Available for military: | 21,079,077 | 2,535,174 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,017 | 1,353 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 11,450 | 3,400 | |
Total artillery: | 2,521 | 1,162 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 943 | 547 | |
Rocket artillery: | 399 | 152 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,573 | 620 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 48 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 245 | 198 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 676 | 268 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 172 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 154 | 99 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 16 | 13 | |
Corvettes: | 10 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 12 | 11 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Greece
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.
Greece
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.