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Italyvs Turkey

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Turkey (#9) holds a narrow edge over Italy (#10).

  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Turkey has none.
  • Italy has destroyers; Turkey has none.
  • Turkey fields 11× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyTurkey leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesTurkey leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerTurkey leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTurkey leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$48.1B
Military spending
$30.0B
166K
Active personnel
481K
18K
Reserves
380K
105K
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Italy: 1.9% of GDP; Turkey: 1.9% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

203
Tanks
2,284
87K
Armored vehicles
98K
64
Self-propelled artillery
1,045
108
Towed artillery
635
21
Rocket artillery
237

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

714
Total aircraft
1,101
88
Fighters
201
65
Attack aircraft
0
352
Helicopters
509
37
Attack helicopters
111
8
Tankers
7
31
Transports
84

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

285
Total fleet
192
2
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
1
8
Submarines
14
3
Destroyers
0
14
Frigates
17
0
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Italy and Turkey. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.