橫跨歐亞兩洲,位於世界上最早有人永久定居的區域之一,擁有十多個世界遺產。現任總統艾爾多安上任後期許將土耳其打造為伊斯蘭霸主,恢復鄂圖曼帝國榮光,外交上採強硬態度,例如和希臘爭搶東地中海、和法國總統槓上、明明是北約國家卻和俄羅斯買武器等。亦積極參與區域內各國糾紛,例如利比亞內戰、敘利亞內戰,以及雙亞的納卡衝突,國內則有庫德族分離主義問題。現役可用軍人總數為全球第十一名,軍事力量不容小覷。
Year Founded: 1923
Spanning both Europe and Asia, it is one of the earliest regions with human settlement, boasting of a dozen world heritages. Since taking office, the current President Erdoğan has aimed to turn Turkey into an Islamic power state and to resume the former glory of the Ottoman Empire, and therefore has taken a tough attitude diplomatically. For example, fighting Greece for the East Mediterranean Sea, going head to head with the French President, and buying weapons from Russia as a NATO state. He has also actively engaged in various conflicts within the region; for instance, the Libyan Civil War, the Syrian Civil War, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Domestically, they have been in conflict with the separatist Kurds for decades. Turkey ranks no.11 in the world in terms of the size of its number of enlisted soldiers, so not to be trifled with in terms of its armed forces.