Editing Turkish Armed Forces (section)

===Korean War===
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[[File:터키군 (7445442282).jpg|thumb|Turkish soldiers observing the front during the [[Korean War]]]]
Turkey participated in the [[Korean War]] as a member state of the United Nations and sent the [[Turkish Brigade]] to South Korea, and suffered 731 losses while displaying exceptional valor in combat. On 18 February 1952, Turkey became a member of [[NATO]].<ref>For some of the NATO command structure discussions re-entry of Turkey, see Sean Maloney, Securing Command of the Sea, Masters' thesis, University of New Brunswick, 1992</ref> The South Korean government donated a war memorial for Turkish soldiers who fought and died in Korea. The Korean [[pagoda]] was donated in 1973 for the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic and is located in [[Ankara]].