Article Four
The treaty also includes an article that does not trigger military intervention, but merely consultation over military matters. It has been invoked three times and each time by Turkey: Once in 2003 over the Second Persian Gulf War (Iraq War), once in June 2012 after the shoot down of a Syrian military jet and in October 2012 after Syrian attacks on Turkey and their counterattacks.
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