The price of military service in Turkey has reached 472,653 liras (8,827 euros), the BBC reported.
Every year in January and July, the authorities index the amount of military service to inflation, the agency noted. This month it increased by 13.52 percent and from 416,361 liras (7,777 euros) it rose to 472,653 liras (8,827 euros).
Applications for military service are made through the government’s electronic portal or in person at the country’s military districts, and approved candidates are expected to serve only 28 days, during which they undergo basic military training.
Regular military service in the country is set at six months for conscripts and up to a year for reserve officers.
The practice of buying off military service in Turkey has been applied intermittently at various times since 1987, and in its current form has existed since 2019. According to the annual Global Firepower (GFP) ranking for 2026, which assesses the conventional military power of 145 countries around the world and is based on statistical data, the size of the Turkish army is between 480,000 and 550,000 people. Turkey, which ranks ninth in the world in terms of military power and whose army is the second largest in NATO, has an additional 380,000 reservists and a mobilization potential of one million.
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