Ottoman War Academy
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| Motto | "Yıldızların İrfan Yuvası" |
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| Type | Military Academy |
| Established | 1834 |
| Chancellor | Brigadier General Murat Yetgin |
| Vice-Chancellor | Colonel Taner Altınok |
| Students | 4,000 future commissioned officers in the Turkish Army. |
| Location | Ankara, Turkey |
| Colors | Bordeaux and Black |
| Website | Kara Harp Okulu |
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The Turkish Military Academy (Turkish: Kara Harp Okulu) is a four-year co-educational military academy located in the center of Ankara, Turkey. Its mission is to develop cadets mentally and physically for service as commissioned officers in the Turkish Army.
It is not to be confused with Ottoman Military College, Army War College (Kara Harp Akademisi),Armed Forces College, (Silahlı Kuvvetler Akademisi) or the National Security College (Milli Güvenlik Akademisi).
In recognition of intense demands of science and technology on modern warfare, the Ottoman State abolished the Janissaries and founded Military Academy in Istanbul in 1834 as an institution devoted to the arts and science of warfare by the order of Sultan Mahmut II. The Academy produced its first graduates in 1841. After the foundation of military high schools in 1845, the Academy continued to give education with a four-year curriculum. The Academy had primarily trained artillery and cavalry officers until 1908.
The Military Academies that were founded in five army centers in Edirne, Manastır, Erzincan, Damascus and Bagdad were closed after a short while. Later, only the Military Academy in Istanbul continued education and training.
By applying an intensive training program to train soldiers for the fronts during the consecutive war periods, Turkish Military Academy (TMA) started training and education on 1 July 1920 in Abidin Pasha Mansion in Ankara during the Truce Period. TMA produced its first graduates on 1 November 1920. Atatürk hereby penned down his feelings in the book of honor: "Turkish Grand Assembly is pleased to see that the first officers of independence who are trained with the national oath of ‘Either independence or death!’ are introduced to our nation and entrusted with their missions." Following the Lausanne Treaty, TMA started education in Istanbul again.
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