Editing Turkish Armed Forces (section)

=== Naval Forces ===
{{Main|Turkish Naval Forces}}
[[File:Senior leaders of the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group tour the bridge of TCG Anadolu.jpg|thumb|Senior leaders of the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group tour the bridge of [[amphibious assault ship]] [[TCG Anadolu]] (L400) in 2024.]]
The [[Turkish Naval Forces]], or Turkish Navy, constitutes the [[naval warfare]] service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Navy maintains several Marines and Special Operations units. The ''Amphibious Marines Brigade'' (Amfibi Deniz Piyade Tugayı) based in [[Foça]] near [[İzmir]] consists of 4,500 men, three amphibious battalions, an [[Main Battle Tank|MBT]] battalion, an [[artillery]] battalion, a support battalion and other company-sized units.<ref name=BondsMiller>Ray Bonds, David Miller, ''Illustrated Directory of Special Forces'', Zenith Imprint, 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=FMgpdulJsGgC&dq=%22Amphibious+Marine+Brigade%22+Turkish+Navy&pg=PA99 p. 99.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019205507/https://books.google.com/books?id=FMgpdulJsGgC&pg=PA99&dq=%22Amphibious+Marine+Brigade%22+Turkish+Navy&hl=tr&ei=XrIATfeXEMTIcca2-M0E&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Amphibious%20Marine%20Brigade%22%20Turkish%20Navy&f=false |date=19 October 2017 }}</ref> The ''[[Su Altı Taarruz]]'' (S.A.T. – Underwater Attack) is dedicated to missions including the acquisition of military intelligence, amphibious assault, counter-terrorism and VIP protection; while the ''[[Su Altı Savunma]]'' (S.A.S. – Underwater Defense) is dedicated to coastal defense operations (such as clearing mines or unexploded torpedoes) and disabling enemy vessels or weapons with underwater operations; as well as counter-terrorism and VIP protection missions.<ref name=BondsMiller/>