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Turkish Republic of North Cyprus
Reliability 3 (Fair)
GDP
~
$3.7-billion 2009
The Turkish
Republic of North Cyprus consists of the Turkish-held area of Cyprus
and is recognized
only by Turkey.
Organization of the Islamic Conference has granted North Cyprus the
status of “a
constituent state of Cyprus”. Districts of:
Gazimagusa
Girne
Guzelyurt
Iskele
Lefkosa The Armed
Forces of the TRNC consist of a 5,000 strong army (expanded from
4,000 over the past few years) with seven infantry battalions. Draft
of 12-15 months for men. First, second,
and third-line reserves total 26,000. In addition,
the Turkish Army stations a strong force on the island, under the
overall command of the
Turkish Fourth or Aegean Army, headquartered on the mainland at Izmir. The corps has
between 30,000 troops and 42,000 troops. The lower estimate is from
the UN, the higher is from Government of Cyprus sources. Turkey
claims <20,000. 290 MBT (M-48,
M-60) 200 AIFV 400 M-113 200 artillery
pieces, including
10 M-110 (US 203mm)
18 T-122 (Turkey) MRL (40 x 122mm) 150 Heavy
Mortar 120mm 72 ADA 29mm and
35mm 100
Stinger/Igla 96 TOW, Konkur,
Milan
Its order of battle is as
follows: 11th
or 9th
Army Corps[1] 28th Infantry
Division (Asha) 39th Infantry
Division (Morphorus) 14th Armored
Brigade (Asha) Independent
mechanized regiment (sometimes referred to as a brigade) Artillery
Regiment Special Forces
regiment Though the
divisions are termed as infantry, they have been upgraded to
mechanized. United
Nations Force in Cyprus
Mans 180-km buffer zone
between North Cyprus and Greek Cyprus. 850 troops 60 police 180 civilians West Sector 1: 90-km,
~200 troops (Argentina) Center Sector 2: 30-km ~200 troops
(UK) East
Sector 3: 65-km ~170 troops (Hungary/Slovakia) Mobile Force
Reserve: ~100 troops (from all four national contingents)
[1]
Usually said to be 9th Corps, but other sources –
for example, a Cyprus Government report to the UN 2007 gives
11th Corps.
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