List of wars involving Turkey

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Conflict	Turkey and allies	Opponents	Results
Ankara Government (1920–1923)
War of Independence (1919-1923)	Ankara Government Kuva-yi Milliye	Greece France Armenia  United Kingdom Georgia Istanbul Government	Victory[1] Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate. Treaty of Lausanne. Establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
Republic of Turkey (1923–)
Sheikh Said Rebellion (1925)	Turkey	Kurdish tribes	Victory Revolt suppressed.
Ararat Rebellion (1927-1930)	Turkey	Republic of Ararat	Victory Republic of Ararat disbanded.
Dersim Rebellion (1937–1938)	Turkey	Dersim tribes	Victory Revolt suppressed.
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea  United Nations  United States  United Kingdom	North Korea  China	Ceasefire The Korean Armistice Agreement Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.
Battle of Kokkina (1964)	Turkey TMT	Cyprus	Stalemate Minor geographical changes.
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)	Turkey TMT	Cyprus  Greece	Victory Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.
Kurdish–Turkish Conflict (1978–2013)	Turkey KDP PUK	PKK KCK PJAK KDP/North	Ongoing Current cease-fire Ongoing Turkish-Kurd peace process
Operation Deliberate Force (1995)	Bosnia and Herzegovina  NATO	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Agreement
Operation Allied Force (1999)	UÇK  NATO	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty
Afghan War (2001–2014)	Afghanistan ISAF	Al-Qaeda Taliban	Victory. Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Libyan Civil War (2011)	NTC  NATO	Libya	Victory The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.

Other armed conflicts involving Turkey

• Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
• Political violence in Turkey, 1970s
• Maoist insurgency in Turkey 1980s-present
• 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes
• Operation Shah Euphrates

See also

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

References

Lists of wars involving Middle Eastern countries Bahrain Cyprus Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestinian Territories Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen (South Yemen)