| Millî Savunma Bakanlığı | |
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Ministry of National Defense | |
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| Formed | 1920 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Turkey |
| Headquarters | Bakanlıklar, Ankara, Turkey |
| Annual budget | ₺468.7 billion US$25.2 billion (2023)[1][2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Deputy Ministers responsible |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of National Defence (Turkish: Millî Savunma Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the Turkish Armed Forces. It is headquartered at the Bakanlıklar in Ankara.
The Ministry is responsible for recruitment, procurement, production, logistics, medical care and other tasks in order to prepare the Armed Forces and its personnel for military operations.
The Ministry is headed by the Minister of National Defence, a cabinet-level head who is also a member of the National Security Council and reports directly to the President of Turkey.
Organization
Minister of National Defence[3]
- Office of the Private Secretary
- Press and Public Relations Consultancy
- Deputy Ministers
- Inspection Board
- General Directorate of Staff
- General Directorate of Defence and Security
- General Directorate of Plans, Policy and Agreements
- General Directorate of Management Services
- General Directorate of Legal Services
- General Directorate of Recruitment
- General Directorate of Military Health Services
- General Directorate of Budget and Financial Services
- General Directorate of Mapping
- General Directorate of Military Factories
- General Directorate of Naval Shipyards
- General Directorate of Procurement Services
- Defence Industry Agency
- Department of Technical Services
- Department of Internal Audit
- Department of Fuel Supply and NATO POL Facilities Management
- Department of Communications and Information Systems
- Department of National Mine Activity Center
- Military Factory and Shipyard Management Inc. (ASFAT A.Ş.)
- Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
- National Defence University
- Turkish Armed Forces
Note: Land, Naval and Air Forces reports directly to the Minister of National Defense.
Ministers of National Defense
References
- ^ "468 billion TL Budget for the Defence Industry Support Fund". TurDef. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Turkey's military spending will reach a record number in 2023". Radar Armenia. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Milli Savunma Bakanlığı Teşkilatı". msb.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Turkish)
- Official website (in English)
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This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 12:21