The question of military service is being asked more and more often by foreigners who are increasingly becoming citizens of the Republic of Turkey. We will also touch on this delicate topic.
The draft age in Turkey is 20-41. Yes, it is during this period of life that every male citizen is obliged to serve in the army, so he will "sit out" somewhere in order to avoid being drafted.
University students are not forcibly taken into the army and allowed to quietly unlearn, you can also get a reprieve if studies continue in a magistracy with a doctorate, and so up to 34 years old we study and study. And the Army is quietly waiting.
A doctor of some sciences is also obliged to serve in the army. By the way, I thought about it somehow, it's off topic, but still. And if a child has learned to become a neurosurgeon, darns blood vessels in the head of people, hands are simply worth their weight in gold, he also takes a machine gun in his hands and forward? Well, okay, there is an alternative for them, which I will write about below.
By the way, they can be drafted into the army even at the age of 50.
Again, one of my conversations with an acquaintance Turk came to mind, he periodically grew very fat, I was jokingly interested, for what purpose are you doing this? And he told me: people with obesity are not drafted into the army))). I clarified this question with our lawyers and they told me that they do not take underweight, but plump ones, on the contrary. We'll bring it back to normal, they say.
Further, you can completely legally buy off the army by paying, as of 01.07.2021 - 31.12.2021 (all the time the amounts increase) 43,151 liras. That's just over $ 5,000 at the July 2021 exchange rate.
A foreigner who obtained Turkish citizenship after reaching the age of 22 is obliged to carry out military service. However, if he presents a certificate from the country of original citizenship that he was drafted into the army, then he is not subject to conscription. Well, and children who received citizenship by their parents, for example, by investing in the country, being a minor, go to the Army on a general basis, or you can resort to the above alternatives.
