Turkey Military Deployments

This page tracks publicly reported military deployments involving Turkey: forces Turkey has sent abroad, foreign forces reported on its territory or in its waters, and exercises it leads or joins.

Forces deployed by Turkey

DeployingHost or areaBranchForces and personnelStatusDateVerifiedSources
TurkeySaudi Arabia🪖 Ground forcesTurkey: Military technical personnel and air-defense experts (planned) to Saudi Arabia
Not stated
Confirmed activeOct 21, 2026Oct 21, 2026Reuters via Al-Monitor
Anadolu Agency
TurkeySomalia🪖 Ground forcesTurkey: training, air and ground units, including F-16s
Not disclosed
WithdrawnJul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Turkish Minute
Africanews
TurkeySyria🪖 Ground forcesTurkish temporary bases in Syria
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeyIraq🪖 Ground forcesTurkish temporary bases in northern Iraq
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeyCyprus (northern)🪖 Ground forcesTurkish forces in northern Cyprus
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeyAzerbaijan🏳️ Joint or multiple branchesTurkish Task Group Command in Azerbaijan
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeyLibya🚢 Naval forcesTurkish Naval Task Group in Libya
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeySomalia🏳️ Joint or multiple branchesTURKSOM: Turkish forces in Somalia
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)
TurkeyQatar⚓ Military baseTurkish Joint Force Command in Qatar
Not disclosed
Confirmed activeApr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026YetkinReport, citing Turkish Ministry of National Defence sources (Apr. 16, 2026)

Foreign forces in Turkey

No records in the database for this view yet. Records are added only when a public, citable source confirms them.


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