Turkey's armed forces seek to recruit over 30,000 new personnel to fill vacancies following the arrest or dismissal of those suspected of involvement in the coup attempt of July 15.
The Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday that 30,159 positions were to be filled.
Ankara has arrested 37,000 people and dismissed or suspended more than 100,000 others in the civil service, judiciary, police, military and elsewhere since the coup attempt, which has been blamed on US-based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, who denies the allegation.
Gulen says the blame game could be a ploy by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party to cement its grip on power.
The Turkish government's crackdown has also targeted nearly 9,300 army personnel, including 118 generals and admirals.
The new recruits would include 1,322 officers, 3,547 non-commissioned officers, 7,159 trained soldiers, and 11,907 contracted soldiers, the news agency said.
Ankara says the crackdown has not affected operations conducted by the army.
Turkish forces are engaged in operations in northern Syria. Ankara claims the campaign is aimed at fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
In August, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the country was in need of military pilots and that it was "not something that can be done in a day."
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