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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Turkey such as coups, insurgencies, conflicts, offensives, border and international disputes.

Wars

Conflict Turkey
and allies 		Opponents Results Turkish losses
Military Civilian
War of Independence
(1919–1923) 		Ankara Government  Greece
 France
 Armenia
 United Kingdom
 Istanbul Government
 Italy
Georgia 		Victory[1]
~41,000
Unknown
Sheikh Said Rebellion
(1925) 		Turkey Sunni Zaza tribes Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Unknown
15,000–
250,000
Ararat Rebellion
(1927–1930) 		Turkey Republic of Ararat Victory
Unknown
4,500–
47,000
Dersim Rebellion
(1937–1938) 		 Turkey Dersim tribes Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
110
Unknown
Korean War
(1950–1953) 		 South Korea
  North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union 		Stalemate
904[2]
None
Cyprus crisis of 1963–64
(1963–1964)
(Intervention in Battle of Tillyria) 		 Turkey
Turkey TMT 		Cyprus Ceasefire (Battle of Tylliria)[3][4][5]
  • Greek Cypriot National Guard ground offensive against Turkish Cypriot positions halted by Turkish airstrikes support
  • Ceasefire after UN Security Council resolution
  • Turkish Cypriots maintain beachhead but significantly reduced & supply lines blockaded
1[6]
None
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
(1974) 		 Turkey
Turkey TMT 		Cyprus
Greece 		Victory
  • Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus
498[7]
None
Political violence in Turkey
(1976–1980)[8] 		Grey Wolves TKP/ML
THKO
Devrimci Yol 		1980 Turkish coup d'état
  • Violence abruptly stopped[9]
5,388
(both sides)
Kurdish-Turkish Conflict
(1978–) 		 Turkey KCK
YDG-H
HBDH
TAK 		Ongoing
  • Truce 2012–2014, renewed warfare in 2015
8,266
~30,000
Operation Restore Hope
(1992–1995)
Somalia United Somali Congress Victory
  • Operation regarded as a success[10]
None
None
Bosnian War
(1995)
(Participant in NATO Operation Deliberate Force)
 Republika Srpska NATO Victory[11]
None
None
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
(1997) 		 Turkey
KDP 		PUK
PKK 		Ceasefire
  • Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK
145
None
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
(Participant in NATO Operation Allied Force) 		Kosovo Liberation Army UÇK
  FR Yugoslavia NATO Victory
  • Turkey committed 11 F-16 aircraft to the NATO force, and US use of air bases[13]
  • Kumanovo Treaty
None
None
War in Afghanistan
(2001–) 		 Afghanistan
 Afghanistan Taliban Ongoing
  • Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
15
None
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
(Assisted NATO military intervention) 		Libya NTC
 Qatar
 NATO coalition
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya NATO Victory
  • Turkey helped enforce the naval blockade and no-fly zone[14]
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya
None
None
American-led intervention in Iraq
(2015–) 		 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
 ISIS Victory
  • Turkish intervention in July 2015
None
See below[15]
Operation Euphrates Shield
(2016–2017) 		 Turkey
Syrian Opposition 		 ISIS
Northern Syria 		Victory
71
See below[15]
Operation Olive Branch
(2018) 		 Turkey
Syrian Opposition 		Northern Syria
Syria 		Victory
  • Turkish capture of Afrin
60
7-9
Operation Peace Spring
(2019) 		 Turkey
Syrian Opposition 		Northern Syria
Syria 		Victory
16
22
Operation Spring Shield
(2020) 		 Turkey

Syria

Ceasefire[17][18][19]
37
Unknown
Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War
(2020-present) 		 Turkey
Libya Government of National Accord
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government

Libya House of Representatives

Ongoing
2 killed[20]
Unknown

Coups and coup attempts in Turkey

There have been 2 successful coups in Turkey:

Insurgency in Turkey

There are several insurgency in Turkey, including the following:

Wars and battles during the War of Independence

Turkish-Armenian War

Franco-Turkish War

Greco-Turkish War

Occupations

Revolts

Other conflicts and crises involving Turkey

Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War

See also

References

  1. ^ Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.
  2. ^ Including 163 missing
  3. ^ James, A. (28 November 2001). Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963–64. Springer. pp. 147–149. ISBN 9781403900890 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ O'Malley, Brendan; Craig, Ian (25 June 2001). The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 115–121. ISBN 9780857711922 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Dodd, Clement (21 April 2010). The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict. Springer. p. 69. ISBN 9780230275287 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Cengiz Topel (1934–1964)" (in Turkish). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Okulweb. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  7. ^ References:
    • Haydar Çakmak: Türk dış politikası, 1919–2008, Platin, 2008, ISBN 9944137251, page 688 (in Turkish); excerpt from reference: 415 ground, 65 navy, 5 air, 13 gendarmerie (= 498 killed)
    • American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies; Eugene K. Keefe (1980). Cyprus, a country study. Foreign Area Studies, American University : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 5 December 2012. Authoritative figures for casualties during the two- phased military operation were not published; available estimates listed Greek Cypriot losses at 6,000 dead and Turkish losses at 1,500 dead and 2,000 wounded...
  8. ^ Gil, Ata. "La Turquie à marche forcée," Le Monde diplomatique, February 1981.
  9. ^ Ustel, Aziz (2008-07-14). "Savcı, Ergenekon'u Kenan Evren'e sormalı asıl!". Star Gazete (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-10-21. Ve 13 Eylül 1980'de Türkiye'yi on yıla yakın bir süredir kasıp kavuran terör ve adam öldürmeler bıçakla kesilir gibi kesildi.
  10. ^ "Operation Restore Hope". Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  11. ^ a b Cimbala, Stephen J.; Forster, Peter (21 October 2005). The US, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 9781134251971 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Operation Deliberate Force". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  13. ^ Olsen, John Andreas (15 July 2014). European Air Power: Challenges and Opportunities. Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 9781612346816 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Parliament OKs Turkey's Involvement in Libya". The Oakland Press. Ankara. Associated Press. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  15. ^ a b Several Turkish citizens have been killed in attacks claimed by ISIS. See Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Turkey
  16. ^ http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/05/isis-cleared-from-border-with-turkey-6109548/
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ [2]
  19. ^ [3]
  20. ^ "Erdogan says two Turkish troops killed in Libya conflict". Reuters.
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