Editing Turkish Armed Forces (section)

=== General staff ===
{{Main|General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces|Special Forces (Turkish Armed Forces)}}
[[File:Ankara asv2021-10 img03 General Staff building.jpg|thumb|Command center of [[General Staff of the Republic of Turkey|Turkish Armed Forces General Staff]].]]
Chief of the General Staff reports to Minister of National Defence. General staff is responsible for:

* Preparing the Armed Forces and its personnel for military operations.
* Gathering military intelligence
* Organization and training of the Armed Forces
* Management of the logistic services

The Chief of the General Staff is also, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the name of the [[President of Turkey|President]], in wartime.

Also, the General Staff is in command of the [[Special Forces (Turkish Armed Forces)|Special Forces]], which is not aligned to any force command within the TAF. The [[Special Forces (Turkish Armed Forces)|Special Forces]] get their orders directly from the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.<ref>[http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/gundem/onlar_tsknin_bel_kemigi?albumId=20579&tc=35&page=8 Onlar TSK'nın bel kemiği – Sabah – HaberPlus – Gündem – 09 Aralık 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006072457/http://www.sabah.com.tr/fotohaber/gundem/onlar_tsknin_bel_kemigi?albumId=20579&tc=35&page=8 |date=6 October 2015 }}. Sabah (26 October 2011). Retrieved 9 December 2013.</ref>