Editing Turkish Naval Forces (section)

===Naval Forces Command===
The Turkish Naval Forces were represented under the title of the ''Naval Undersecreteriat'' at the Turkish General Staff Headquarters in Ankara from 1928 to 1949.<ref name=historyTN/> The historic decree of the Higher Military Council on 15 August 1949 led to the foundation of the Turkish Naval Forces Command (''Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı''.)<ref name=historyTN/> After Turkey joined [[NATO]] on 18 February 1952, the Turkish Naval Forces were integrated into the organizational branches of the alliance.<ref name=historyTN/>