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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Turkey and includes conflicts such as coups, insurgencies, offensives, border and international disputes since the Turkish War of Independence in 1919. For wars before 1919, involving the Ottoman Empire, see List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire.
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
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 |
Victory[1]
|
~41,000
|
Unknown
|
World War II (1939–1945) |
United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Chile Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Argentina Turkey |
Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang |
Victory
|
None
|
None
|
Korean War (1950–1953) |
South Korea |
North Korea China Soviet Union |
Stalemate | 904[2]
|
None
|
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974) |
Turkey TMT |
Cyprus Greece |
Victory
|
498[3]
|
None
|
Kurdish-Turkish Conflict (1978–) |
Turkey | KCK YDG-H HBDH TAK |
Ongoing
|
9,055
|
~30,000
|
Gulf War (1990-1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt France |
Iraq
|
Victory
|
None
|
None
|
Bosnian War (1995) (Participant in NATO Operation Deliberate Force) |
Republika Srpska | Victory[8]
|
None
|
None
| |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1997) |
KDP Turkey |
PUK PKK |
Ceasefire
|
145
|
None
|
Kosovo War (1998–1999) (Participant in NATO Operation Allied Force) |
UÇK |
FR Yugoslavia | Victory
|
None
|
None
|
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Afghanistan |
Taliban | Taliban victory / Turkish-allied defeat
|
14[13]
|
None
|
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) |
Multinational Joint Task Force
Local militias and vigilantes |
Boko Haram (partially aligned with ISIL from 2015)[a]
ISWAP (originally Barnawi faction of Boko Haram; from 2016) |
Ongoing | None
|
Unknown
|
First Libyan Civil War (2011) (Assisted NATO military intervention) |
NTC Qatar |
Libya | Victory | None
|
None
|
Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) |
Turkey Syrian opposition |
Syrian Democratic Forces IFB Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian Arab Republic Russia[15] Iran[16] Libyan National Army Hezbollah |
Ongoing | 307-364
|
Unknown
|
Mali War (2012–present) |
Government of Mali
France (2013–2022) MINUSMA (2013–2023)
Non-state combatants: |
Al-Qaeda
Nigerian jihadist volunteers (2012–13)
|
Ongoing
|
None
|
Unknown
|
American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2017) |
Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan |
ISIS | Victory
|
None
|
|
Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War (2020) |
Turkey Government of National Accord Syrian Interim Government |
House of Representatives | Victory
|
Unknown
|
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...