Military power of Turkey & Iran
Country: | Turkey (TR) | Iran (IR) |
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Capital: | Ankara | Tehran |
Population: | 83,614,362 | 83,183,741 |
Area: | 783,562 km2 | 1,648,195 km2 |
More: | Turkey military forces description | Iran military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 21.9 billion $ | 17.4 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.9% | 3.8% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 355,200 | 610,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 378,700 | 350,000 |
Available for military: | 21,079,077 | 23,619,215 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,017 | 2,842 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 11,450 | 3,555 | |
Total artillery: | 2,521 | 4,873 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 943 | 1,030 | |
Rocket artillery: | 399 | 1,755 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,573 | 973 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 48 | 112 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 245 | 75 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 23 | |
Helicopters: | 676 | 519 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 172 | 83 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 154 | 272 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 16 | 6 | |
Corvettes: | 10 | 3 | |
Submarines: | 12 | 19 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Iran
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.
Iran
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.