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There is a widely accepted myth that the roots of Turkey’s army date back to ancient times. Professor Ismail Kayabali and Cemender Arslanoglu claimed on Army Day (26 August 1976) that the Turkish armed forces have served the nation for 2185 years (Kayabali and Arslanoglu). More realistically, we can trace the origins of the modern Turkish army back to the 1820s, when Sultan Mahmud II destroyed the unruly Janissary corps, which had long since lost any military effectiveness, and founded a new Ottoman army on modern lines.
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Ahmad, F. (2010). Military and Politics in Turkey. In: Kerslake, C., Öktem, K., Robins, P. (eds) Turkey’s Engagement with Modernity. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277397_7
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