Not detailed in the sources checked.

English Wikipedia lists the Turkish invasion of Cyprus among the Army Aviation Command’s engagements. Turkey calls it the Cyprus Peace Operation (Kıbrıs Barış Harekâtı); it was fought in two phases, from 20 to 22 July and from 14 August 1974, and English Wikipedia titles it an invasion. No account of army helicopter operations, sorties or losses could be verified for this page, and none is given.

Outcome Turkish forces held about 37 per cent of the island after the second phase in August 1974.

Participation rests on one line in English Wikipedia.

Flying for

Army Aviation Command

Where

Cyprus

Alongside

No allied air arm

Against

Cyprus National Guard and Greek forces on Cyprus

Aircraft

Helicopters

Losses

Sources

Wikipedia · Wikipedia

Troop lift, supply, medical evacuation and fire support by helicopters; from 2014 armed drones.

The PKK war, fought since 1984, is the main reason the Turkish army has so many helicopters. SavunmaSanayiST recalled in 2022 that the AH-1W SuperCobras were bought in the 1990s for counter-terrorism and that three were lost. The T129 ATAK flew its first combat mission in Siirt province on 25 April 2015, according to English Wikipedia. The Land Forces’ TB2 drones joined from 2014. The cross-border campaign in northern Iraq is listed separately. Turkey, the EU and the United States list the PKK as a terrorist organisation. After Abdullah Öcalan’s call of February 2025 the PKK announced its dissolution on 12 May 2025, as recorded in the Turkish Air Force dataset.

Outcome The PKK announced its dissolution on 12 May 2025.

Loss and casualty claims of both sides are generally unverifiable and are not given.

Flying for

Army Aviation Command

Where

South-eastern Turkey and northern Iraq

Alongside

No allied air arm

Against

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

Aircraft

AH-1W SuperCobra, AH-1P Cobra, T129 ATAK, S-70A Black Hawk, AS532 Cougar, UH-1H, Bayraktar TB2

Losses

Three of the 13 AH-1Ws were lost in counter-terrorism operations (SavunmaSanayiST); a full loss list was not compiled.

Sources

SavunmaSanayiST · Wikipedia · SavunmaSanayiST · MiGFlug Order of Battle

Plotters used army helicopters from Güvercinlik against state targets and to move troops and ammunition.

According to the indictment summarised by Hürriyet Daily News, the Land Forces commander, General Salih Zeki Çolak, inspected the Army Aviation School at Güvercinlik from 18:36 to 21:08 on 15 July while three Cobras and an ATAK were being loaded with ammunition and two Sikorskys rigged for troops, without recognising the preparations. The school’s commander, General Hakan Atınç, was handcuffed by Major Okan Kocakurt; prosecutors named the deputy commander, Brigadier General Ünsal Coşkun, as a member of the Gülen network and said a cargo-helicopter battalion commander flew putschists to the Türksat centre and more than a tonne of ammunition to Akıncı. English Wikipedia says helicopters bombed the police special forces and police aviation headquarters at Gölbaşı, fired on parliament at 03:08 and attacked the hotel where President Erdoğan was staying around 04:00. A Black Hawk landed at Alexandroupoli in Greece at 00:50 on 16 July with eight servicemen, who sought asylum; Greece’s Supreme Court refused extradition in January 2017. Turkey blames the Gülen movement, which denies involvement.

Outcome The attempt failed by the morning of 16 July; the government announced on 29 July that the Army Aviation School and the Güvercinlik barracks would leave Ankara.

Details of the night come from the prosecution’s indictment and from Wikipedia; contested in court by defendants.

Flying for

Army Aviation Command (plotters and loyal personnel)

Where

Ankara

Alongside

No allied air arm

Aircraft

AH-1 Cobra, T129 ATAK, S-70A Black Hawk, CH-47F Chinook

Sorties

The Turkish Air Force dataset records Wikipedia’s figure of 37 helicopters allegedly involved across all services.

Losses

Not compiled for army aviation alone.

Sources

Hurriyet Daily News · Hurriyet Daily News · Hurriyet Daily News · Wikipedia · Hurriyet Daily News · MiGFlug Order of Battle

Attack helicopters and TB2 drones supporting Turkish and allied Syrian ground forces.

The Land Forces’ TB2 S5 flew in Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch, Peace Spring and Spring Shield, according to SavunmaSanayiST. Operation Olive Branch against the YPG in Afrin ran from 20 January to 24 March 2018. On 10 February a T129 went down at about 13:00 and both crew were killed. President Erdoğan said it was shot down and warned that the perpetrators would pay a heavy price; Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said one of two ATAKs on a mission in Afrin had crashed for reasons not yet clear, and the General Staff confirmed a crash without giving a cause. The SDF and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was shot down; English Wikipedia’s T129 article attributes it to YPG anti-aircraft fire. Turkey says the YPG and the PKK are one organisation; the YPG and its US partners rejected that. For the whole operation Turkey reported 54 soldiers killed, the SDF claimed 2,772 Turkish and allied fighters, and rights groups counted 395 to 510 civilians killed.

Outcome Turkish-backed forces took the Jarabulus–al-Bab area, Afrin (18 March 2018) and a strip east of the Euphrates (2019), as recorded in the Turkish Air Force dataset.

Casualty figures are each side’s claims and differ widely; they are given as claims.

Flying for

Army Aviation Command and Land Forces drones

Where

Northern Syria

Alongside

Syrian National Army

Against

Islamic State, YPG/SDF and Syria (Assad government, 2020)

Aircraft

T129 ATAK, Bayraktar TB2

Losses

1 aircraft · 2 killedOne T129 and its two crew on 10 February 2018 over Afrin.

Sources

SavunmaSanayiST · Hurriyet Daily News · Wikipedia · Wikipedia · MiGFlug Order of Battle

Attack helicopter strikes, troop lift onto mountain positions, supply and evacuation.

English Wikipedia records that during Operation Claw in 2019 Turkish ATAK helicopters hit PKK targets at Birkim on 14 August and in the Hakurk region on 19 August, and that on 12 September troops were set down by helicopter on Karachal mountain to build a new base. Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger followed in 2020. On 4 September 2022 a Sikorsky-type helicopter made an emergency landing on a supply flight in the Claw-Lock zone; one soldier, Ümit Kesti, was killed and seven were rescued. The Land Forces’ TB2 S5 also flew in the Claw operations. Iraq’s foreign ministry summoned the Turkish envoy on 16 April 2020 in protest.

Outcome Continuing in 2025 according to the sources checked; the PKK announced its dissolution on 12 May 2025.

Turkey’s and the PKK’s casualty claims are far apart and are not given.

Flying for

Army Aviation Command

Where

Northern Iraq (Kurdistan Region)

Alongside

No allied air arm

Against

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

Aircraft

T129 ATAK, Sikorsky (S-70A / T-70), Bayraktar TB2

Losses

1 killedOne soldier killed when a Sikorsky-type helicopter crash-landed after a technical failure in the Claw-Lock zone on 4 September 2022 (defence ministry).

Sources

Wikipedia · Hurriyet Daily News · SavunmaSanayiST

Utility helicopter support to NATO-led missions.

English Wikipedia’s Black Hawk article says Turkey has operated the UH-60 during NATO deployments to Afghanistan and the Balkans. Which service supplied the helicopters, and the dates, were not confirmed for this page; the entry is included because the army is Turkey’s main Black Hawk operator.

Outcome Completed.

Single source; the operating service and dates are not confirmed.

Flying for

Turkish Black Hawk crews

Where

Balkans and Afghanistan

Alongside

NATO

Aircraft

S-70A Black Hawk

Losses

Sources

Wikipedia