List of wars involving Turkey

The following is a list of wars involving the Republic of Turkey.

Conflict	Turkey and allies	Opponents	Results	Turkish losses
				Military	Civilian
War of Independence (1919-1923)	Grand National Assembly Russian SFSR	Greece Armenia France	Victory Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate. Treaty of Lausanne. Establishment of the Republic of Turkey.	~41,000	Unknown
Sheikh Said Rebellion (1925)	Turkey	Kurdish tribes	Victory Revolt suppressed.	Unknown	15,000– 250,000
Ararat Rebellion (1927-1930)	Turkey	Republic of Ararat	Victory Republic of Ararat disbanded.	Unknown	4,500– 47,000
Dersim Rebellion (1937–1938)	Turkey	Dersim tribes	Victory Revolt suppressed.	199	Unknown
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire The Korean Armistice Agreement Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.	904	None
Battle of Kokkina (1964)	Turkey TMT	Cyprus	Stalemate Minor geographical changes.	Unknown	Unknown
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)	Turkey TMT	Cyprus Greece	Victory Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.	498	None
Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)	Turkish Armed Forces Grey Wolves	TKP/ML THKO Devrimci Yol	1980 Turkish coup d'état Violence abruptly stopped.	5,388 (both sides)
Turkey–PKK Conflict (1978–)	Turkey	PKK PJAK KDP/North	Ongoing Renewed warfare starting in 2015.	6,653	~18,000
Operation Restore Hope (1992–1995)	UNITAF	United Somali Congress	Victory Operation regarded as a success.	None	None
Operation Deliberate Force (1995)	NATO	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Agreement	None	None
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1997)	Turkey KDP	PUK PKK	Victory Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK.	145	None
Operation Allied Force (1999)	UÇK NATO	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty	None	None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)	Afghanistan ISAF	Al-Qaeda Taliban	Continues. Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.	15	None
Libyan Civil War (2011)	NTC NATO	Libya	Victory The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.	None	None
Intervention in Syria (2015–)	United States United Kingdom Turkey Jordan Morocco Bahrain Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE	Islamic State	Ongoing Turkish intervention following the outbreak of the Turkey–ISIL conflict in July 2015.	1	87 (estimate)

Other armed conflicts involving Turkey

• Menemen Uprising 1930
• Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

• Maoist insurgency in Turkey 1980s-present
• Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
  • 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes
  • Turkish-KCK conflict in Syria 2015-ongoing
  • Turkish-Russian aerial incidents 2015-ongoing

See also

• Military history of the Ottoman Empire
• List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire