Personnel management and reconctruction of personnel employment system in Turkish Armed Forces: Professional military service

Military Service is one of the major concerns of every citizen in the Turkish Republic. This is because the 72nd item of the Turkish Constitution states that 'The military service is the right and the duty of every Turk". In this thesis, the systems of both the professional and the obligatory military services are analyzed in detail. In addition, various problems occuring during the conscription are determined and some solutions to overcome these problems are proposed. This thesis consists of 7 chapters. The first chapter presents the methodology and the hypothesis of this study. The second chapter analyzes the concepts of the military service and the defense, the professionalizm, the expenses of the. defense, and the Turkish Armed Forces. In the third chapter, the systems of the military service and the personnel employment in the world are introduced. The fourth chapter analyzes the system of the military service in Turkey, as well as its history and effects in detail. In the fifth chapter, some problems in the system of Turkish military service are presented. In the sixth chapter, in order to get rid of these problems, a new model, which is called "the professional army models (PROFOR)" is proposed to be used in the Turkish Armed Forces. Finally, the findings, suggestions and the results of this study are given in the seventh chapter. Key words: Personnel management (in Turkish Armed Forces), professional and obligatory military service (in Turkey, in USA and in some countries), productivity (in the system of conscription in Turkey), employment (in Turkish Armed Forces), reconstruction (in Turkish Armed Forces).