Editor's Foreword

TPT 77: 13 C-130B Hercules/C-130E Hercules; 16 Transall
C-160D; some C-20 Gulfstream; 46 CN-235 (tpt/EW); 2
UC-35 Citation (VIP)
TRG 198: 40 SF-260D (trg); 60 T-37B Tweet/T-37C Tweet;
70 T-38A Talon; 28 T-41 Mescalero
HELICOPTERS
UTL 20 UH-1H Iroquois (tpt, liaison, base flt, trg schools);
20 AS-532 (14 SAR/6 CSAR)
UAV 18 Gnat 750; 10 Heron
AD
SAM 178+: 86 Rapier
TOWED: MIM-23 HAWK
STATIC 92 MIM-14 Nike Hercules
MSL
AAM AIM-120A/B AMRAAM; AIM-9S Sidewinder;
AIM-7E Sparrow, Shafrir 2
ARM AGM-88A HARM
ASM AGM-65A/G Maverick; Popeye I
BOMBS
Conventional BLU-107; GBU-8B HOBOS (GBU-15)
Infra-Red 40 AN/AAQ 14 LANTIRN; 40 AN/AAQ 13
LANTIRN
Laser-guided Paveway I; Paveway II
Paramilitary
Gendarmerie/national Guard 100,000;
50,000 reservists (total 150,000)
Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Defence in war
fORCEs By ROLE
Army 1 (Border) div; 2 bde
Cdo 1 bde
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE Akrep
APC (W) 560: 535 BTR-60/BTR-80; 25 Condor
AIRCRAFT
RECCE • OBS Cessna O-1E Bird Dog
TPT 2 Do-28D
HELICOPTERS
SPT 33: 14 S-70A Black Hawk; 19 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip
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UTL 23: 1 AB-212 (Bell 212); 8 AB-204B (Bell 204B); 6
AB-205A (Bell 205A); 8 AB-206A (Bell 206A) JetRanger
coast Guard 800 (Coast Guard Regular
element); 1,050 (from Navy); 1,400 conscript
(total 3,250)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 88:
PSO 30
PFC 17
PCC 8
PBF 19
PBI 14
AIRCRAFT
TPT 3 CN-235 (MP)
HELICOPTERS
UTL 8 AB-412EP (SAR)
sELECTED NON-sTATE gROUPs
naTO Europe
167
Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK) Reportedly active in
Turkey’s Southeast and from bases across the Iraqi border.
Est strength 3,000. Major equipments include: mines and
IEDs, mortars, SALW
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1985)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: a) In general,
by parliament (Art. 92); b) in cases of sudden aggression
and if parliament is unable to convene, by president (Art.
92, 104b)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 720; 1 inf bn
ARABIAN gULf AND INDIAN OCEAN
Maritime Security Operations 1 FFG
NATO • Operation Ocean Shield 1 FFG
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 273; Army: 1 inf coy
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
CyPRUs (NORTHERN)
Army ε36,000
1 army corps HQ; some air det; 1 armd bde; 1 indep mech
inf bde; 2 inf div; 1 cdo regt; 1 arty bde; 1 avn comd; 8
M-48A2 training; 441 M-48A5T1/M-48A5T2; 361 AAPC
(incl variants); 266 M-113 (incl variants); (towed arty)
102: 105mm 72 M-101A1; 155mm 18 M-114A2; 203mm
12 M-115; (SP) 155mm 90 M-44T; (MRL) 122mm 6 T-122;
(MOR) 450: 81mm 175; 107mm 148 M-30; 120mm 127 HY-
12; (AT MSL) 114: 66 Milan; 48 TOW; (RCL) 106mm 192
M-40A1; 90mm M-67; RL 66mm M-72 LAW; (AD towed)
20mm Rh 202; 35mm GDF 16 GDF-003; 40mm 48 M-1; 3
U-17 utl ac; 1 AS-532UL Cougar; 3 UH-1H Iroquois utl hel;
1 PCI less than 100 tonnes
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 2
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 366; 1 engr coy; 2 PB
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 509; Army: 1 inf bn HQ;
2 inf coy; 1 log coy; elm 1 hel bn; elm 1 recce coy; elm 1
engr coy; elm 1 MP coy Marines: 1 coy Gendarmerie: 1 pl
OSCE • Serbia 2
OSCE • Kosovo 10
UN • UNMIK 1 obs
sUDAN
UN • UNMIS 3
UN • UNAMID 1
fOREIgN fORCEs
Israel Air Force: up to 1 ftr det (occasional) located at
Akinci with F-16 Fighting Falcon (current status uncertain)
Europe (naTO)