Selection and Training of Leaders in the Turkish Armed Forces

Year 2013, Volume: 3 Issue: 4, 226 - 231, 01.12.2013

Suat Begeç

Abstract

Leadership is the most frequently studied concept at the beginning of every period of
history. Leader is a commander and the leadership is a command the unit in military sense. The
majority of studies about leadership are conducted in the armed forces. Many countries have designed
their armies in accordance with these studies. The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) believes the
importance of these studies and designs education systems and training in the selection and training of
the leaders. The biggest advance in the TAF was being held during the period of education and
training improvement. This study investigates to bring that issue into focus and offers a whole social
science agenda for leadership in the TAF related research. In this article exploratory research was
applied and military history specimens were used. The results of the study demonstrate the
geographically powerful armed forces are always needed. A powerful army can indicate the presence
of strong leadership. The criteria determined by the selection and training of staff will be one of the
most essential tasks that will lead the TAF into the future. These results, however, need further work
to validate reliability.

Keywords

army, leader, military schools, training