Pakistan-Turkey joint military exercise ATATURK-XI 2021 was held at Special Service Headquarters, Tarbela from February 9-20, 2021. 

In this three weeks long joint exercise Turkish Special Forces and Pakistan’s Special Service Group (SSG) troops participated. Exercise ATATURK-XI included Counter-Terrorism, Close Quarter Battle, Cordon and Search, Rappelling, Fire and Move techniques, Helicopter Rappelling, Compound Clearance with Combat Aviation support, Hostage and Rescue, Free Fall operations and Martial Arts practice. The joint military exercise will further strengthen the bond of two brotherly nations and will help in adapting the emerging trends in military modernization and cooperation.

Inspector General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) Lieutenant General Syed Muhammad Adnan witnessed the closing ceremony held on February 20, 2021 as the chief guest.
A high level military delegation from Turkey headed by Major General Emre Tayanç also attended this ceremony.