控制黑海要塞与欧亚大陆桥的土耳其一直是北约的南方屏障,也是掌控高加索资源地带的桥头堡。其战略位置非常重要,是兵家必争之地,加上国内库尔德分裂运动及与邻国希腊之间的边境纷争不断,因此土耳其军方相当重视特种部队的建设。在后9·11时期,土耳其更是近中东地区极少数能够配合西方国家进行反恐情报搜集与军事打击的国家。 Turkey, which controls the Black Sea fortress and the Eurasian Continental Bridge, has been the NATO’s southern barrier and a bridgehead for controlling the Caucasus resource zone. Its strategic position is very important and a battleground for its military forces. Coupled with the continuous Kurdish splittist movement in the country and the border dispute with neighboring Greece, the Turkish military attaches great importance to the construction of the special forces. In the latter period of September 11, Turkey was one of the very few countries in the Middle East that could cooperate with Western countries in intelligence gathering and military strikes.