The General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces is the highest staff organization in the Turkish Armed Forces.
The General Staff Building, Kızılay, Ankara
A meeting led by Field Marshal Fevzi Çakmak, Chief of the General Staff, in the 1940s
Turkish Land Forces
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The Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on 8 November 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
…the state organization is regulated by the constitution of Turkey. The Turkish Armed Forces consists of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, the Turkish Land Forces, the Turkish Naval Forces and the Turkish Air Forces. According to the constitution, the 'Commander in Chief' is within the spiritual entity of the…
Commanders of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence
Turkish soldiers in a trench waiting for the order to attack with fixed bayonets on their rifles
German picture depicting the uniforms of the Turkish Army in World War II
Selimiye Barracks (1828) in Istanbul is the headquarters of the First Army of the Turkish Land Forces.