468.7 billion Turkish lire is planned for Turkey's defense expenses in 2023, which is 25.2 billion dollars at the current exchange rate of the Central Bank.
The "Defense and Security" professional platform, commenting on the following year's draft budget, noted that this is the most significant military expenditure in the country's history. Before that, Turkey's military expenditures were the highest in 2019: 20.6 billion dollars, and last year - 15.4 billion dollars. Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and has the second-largest army.
