The Crescent Sword: Turkey’s Military Transformation and the Geopolitics of Neo-Ottoman Ambition
(By Khalid Masood) I. Historical Foundation: From the Ottoman Legacy to the Modern TSK The Turkish Armed Forces (Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, or TSK) carry the genetic memory of one of history’s most formidable military machines. The Ottoman Empire’s janissary corps, sipahi cavalry, and naval fleets dominated three continents for six centuries, leaving an institutional legacy…