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Turkish Armed Forces

Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri

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[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

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Flag of the Turkish Armed Forces

The flag of the Turkish Armed Forces (photo) is red with the forces' coat of arms in the middle.

Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

Turkish Land Forces / Turkish Army

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

The flag of the Turkish Land Forces (photo) is red with the forces' coat of arms in the middle.

Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

Turkish Naval Forces / Turkish Navy

[Flag]   [Flag] images by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

The flag of the Turkish Naval Forces (photo) is blue with the forces' coat of arms in the middle.

Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

Turkish Air Force

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

The flag of the Turkish Air Force (photo, photo, photo) is blue with the forces' coat of arms in the middle.

Tomislav Šipek, 9 October 2015

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Turkish Association of Retired Officers

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 31 March 2018

TESUD was established by Law No. 2,847, enacted on 19 June 1983 by the National Security Council.
The flag of TESUD is white with the association's emblem (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo).

Ivan Sache, 31 March 2018

Foundations

Turkish Armed Forces Foundation

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 2 March 2018

TSKGV (website) was established by Law No. 3,388 enacted on 17 June 1987 as the merger of the Land, Naval and Air Force Support Foundations, originally established in 1974 to counter the arms embargo imposed to Turkey after the invasion of Cyprus.<+P>

The flag of TSKGV (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the foundation's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 2 March 2018

Turkish Armed Forces Mehmetçik Foundation

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 31 March 2018

The Mehmetçik Foundation (website) was established on 17 May 1982 to provide social and economical support to veterans and handicapped members of the Turkish Armed Forces, and to the relatives of soldiers killed in action.
Mehmetçik (Little Mehmet) is the generic nickname given to the Turkish soldiers. The eponymous Mehmetçik is generally believed to be Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş (Sergeant Mehmet of Biga; 1878-1964; biography), who heroically defended the Seddülbahir Fort on 4 March 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign.

The flag of the Mehmetçik Foundation (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the foundation's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 31 March 2018

Army Relief Institution

[Flag]   [Flag] images by Ivan Sache, 18 September 2019

OYAK (website) is the mutual aid and pension fund of the members of the Turkish Armed Forces, which was established by the Law No. 205 on 1 March 1961. Under the administration of OYAK, there are civil servants and active soldiers.
OYAK was established with an initial membership of approximately 65,000 permanent members in order to provide additional social security against the social and physical risks that its members may face. It participates in a wide variety of economic activities from iron-steel to chemistry, cement production to energy and automotive sector. Group is also active in the services sector from construction to logistics, tourism to security. It also has presence in banking, consumer financing and brokerage transactions in capital markets through the companies in Turkey and at abroad which it has participated to.

OYAK member companies are Erdemir, Isdemir, Adana Çimento, Bolu Çimento, Aslan Çimento, Ünye Çimento, Mardin Çimento, Hektaş Tic. T.A.Ş, an d OYAK Yatırım Ortaklığı. OYAK international business partners are OYAK Renault Otomobil Fabrikaları A.Ş., Mais Motorlu Araçlar İmal ve Satış A.Ş., ORFİN Finansman A.Ş., ORF Kiralama Pazarlama ve Pazarlama Danışmanlığı A..Ş., İskenderun Enerji Üretim ve Ticaret A.Ş., İsdemir Linde Gaz Ortaklığı A.Ş., MicroMedicine Inc., OYAK NYK Ro-Ro Liman İşletmeleri A.Ş., OYAK Çimento A.Ş., and Miilux OY.
Its OYAK Holding investment subsidiary is one of the largest industrial groups in Turkey. It is the former owner of Oyak Bank (sold to ING Bank in 2007) and the Oypa supermarket chain (now owned by Koç Holding A.Ş.).

The flag of OYAK is red with "OYAK" in white letters surrounded by a white oval (photo), or white with "OYAK" in black letters surrounded by a red oval (photo).

Esteban Rivera, 18 September 2019