Yes there has been a debate..But it was stopped by the army as they know that if the army is not compulsary they would not be as influencial as they are now..

But I am sure, we will have a professional army very soon..

It is kind of unavoidable..

     No armed forces      No conscription      Plan to abolish conscription within 3 years      Conscription      No information

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription

so as you see many countries have compulsory military service like I said. I was wondering what particular countries you were talking about and why we have to be like those particular countries.

 Many do have and many don´t. I wasn´t saying you have to be like those countries. I was only asking if there was a debate ever, just curious, nothing more, nothing less.

yes there is a debate.

 And what´s your opinion about that? (Again, just curious!)

If you`re so curious, I`m all for the abolition of compulsory service

Well

When you look at the colours, it is obvious what Turkey should be aiming really..

EU countries are almost green. And the Asian countries are red..

Apart from everything, the effectiveness of professi0nal armies is better than old style armies go on  with  ´we die for our country´ rethoric. 

Look at the American army in Iraq for example. Look how effective (unfortunately) they have been..Look how many number of casualties they have given so far while invading a country..(I dont want to compare with the number of casualties we have given in the south east )

Switching to a professional army has some financial burdens but Turkey´s economy is getting into a position that we can afford to have powerful professional army..

Green? Meaning having no army at all? The only green part I see is Greenland, which is a part of Denmark.

 That surprises me.

That will teach you not to make presumptions about me especially about my old nick name.