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Turkiye’s Growing Military Expeditionary Posture
A glance at the Turkish Armed Forces’ recent combat record demonstrates that Turkey’s defense policy now extends well beyond its borders
-- Drones loitering in the Syrian Airspace, Turkish Navy Frigates along the Libyan coast,
-- Turkish military advisors in Tripoli alongside Government of National Accord (GNA) formations
-- Mountain Commando units operating in Northern Iraq
-- and high-ranking Turkish officers in Qatar and Somalia are all pretty common to see now
Overall, the Turkish military is fast becoming an expeditionary actor in league with Ankara’s geopolitical worldview
Turkiye’s ambitious strategic posture is centered on three pivots
1-- The naval transformation toward a blue-water force
2-- The army’s expeditionary warfare concepts married to a growing tendency of resorting to proxy war agents in various battlegrounds from North Africa to the Levant
3-- Expanding forward military bases in different parts of the Turkish zone d’influence
A glance at the Turkish Armed Forces’ recent combat record demonstrates that Turkey’s defense policy now extends well beyond its borders
-- Drones loitering in the Syrian Airspace, Turkish Navy Frigates along the Libyan coast,
-- Turkish military advisors in Tripoli alongside Government of National Accord (GNA) formations
-- Mountain Commando units operating in Northern Iraq
-- and high-ranking Turkish officers in Qatar and Somalia are all pretty common to see now
Overall, the Turkish military is fast becoming an expeditionary actor in league with Ankara’s geopolitical worldview
Turkiye’s ambitious strategic posture is centered on three pivots
1-- The naval transformation toward a blue-water force
2-- The army’s expeditionary warfare concepts married to a growing tendency of resorting to proxy war agents in various battlegrounds from North Africa to the Levant
3-- Expanding forward military bases in different parts of the Turkish zone d’influence