NATO Crisis Management Exercise 2025 (CMX25), one of NATO's high-level annual planned exercises, will be conducted between March 13-18, 2025.
Being held for the 24th time since 1992, the exercise will include the participation of civilian and military personnel from NATO Headquarters, strategic commands, and Allied country capitals, as well as partner countries and the European Union. The exercise has been planned by NATO within the framework of a generic scenario in line with the decisions taken at the Summits of Heads of State and Government to enhance the “collective defence” capabilities and capacities.
The exercise, which does not include live operations, aims to test the Alliance's and countries' defence and cooperation efforts, including countering hybrid threats. To achieve this, the exercise will be conducted by implementing comprehensive responses to a complex civil-military scenario designed within a hybrid environment.
As a 73-year member of the NATO Alliance, Türkiye continues to make critical contributions to international security and stability with its strong armed forces, advanced defense industry, and multidimensional relations spanning a wide geography. Türkiye will participate in the exercise at the national level, under the Presidency’s administration, with the involvement of 15 public institutions and organizations, including 11 ministries and the Directorate of Communications, as well as the National Coordination Response Center, established at the Secretariat General of the National Security Council building, and the Crisis Management Response Unit of the General Staff. Additionally, our permanent and military representations at NATO Headquarters will also be part of the exercise.
Respectfully announced to the public.