As the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, this Sunday Turkey responded to NATO's call by sending 500 troops of a commando battalion to the north of Kosovo.
The figure was revealed to international media by an official in the Turkish ministry, on condition of anonymity.
The images of the commando forces that will be deployed in Kosovo have been published inside a military plane were published today by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
The Turkish contingent consisting only of commando forces, the elite of the Turkish Armed Forces will join the peacekeeping forces of NATO's KFOR mission after this week's violent unrest. The request to add troops to Kosovo came from NATO's Joint Force Command in Naples. The battalion would serve as a reserve unit.
The unprecedented violence prompted NATO to announce that it would send over 700 additional troops to Kosovo.