List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008
This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.[1]
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A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.
First Army
First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul
2nd Corps
2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne
- 4th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Keşan, Edirne)
- 18th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ortaköy, Çanakkale)
- 54th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Edirne)
- 55th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Suloğlu, Edirne)
- 65th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Lüleburgaz, Kirklareli)
- 102nd Artillery Regiment (Keşan, Edirne)
Second Army
Second Army is based in Malatya
6th Corps
- 5th Armored Bde (Gaziantep)
- 39th Mech.Inf.Bde (İskenderun/Hatay)
- 106th Artillery Regiment
7th Corps
7th Corps is based in Diyarbakır
8th Corps
8th Corps is based in Elazig
1st Commando Bde
1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).
3rd Commando Bde
Based in (Siirt)
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)
Third Army
Third Army is based in (Erzincan)
4th Corps
9th Corps
9th Corps is based in Erzurum.
- 4th Armored Bde (Palandöken/Erzurum)
- 1st Mechanized Infantry Bde (Doğubeyazıt/Ağrı)
- 12th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ağrı)
- 14th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Кars)
- 25th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ardahan)
- 2nd Motorized Infantry Bde (Rize)
- 9th Motorized Infantry Bde (Sarıkamış)
- 34th Internal Security Bde (Patnos/Ağrı)
- 48th Internal Security Bde (Trabzon)
- 49th Internal Security Bde (Bingol)
- 51st Internal Security Bde (Hozat/Tunceli)
- 59th Training Artillery Bde (Erzincan)
- 109th Artillery Regt
2nd Commando Bde
Based in Bolu
4th Commando Bde
Based in Tunceli
Aegean Army
Based in Izmir
11th Motorized Infantry Bde
Based in Denizli
1st Training Infantry Bde
Based in Manisa
3rd Training Infantry Bde
Based in(Antalya
57th Artillery Bde
Based in İzmir
Cyprus Turkish Peace Force
11th Corps
11th Corps
14th Armored Bde
Based in (Asya)
28th Mechanized Infantry Div
Based in (Gazimağusa)
39th Mechanized Infantry Div
Based in Güzelyurt
Cyprus Special Forces Regiment
References
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/tu-army-orbat.htm
- KKK '52 Armored Division' Hadimkoy – "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2008-10-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Turkish Daily News, President calls for national unity Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Thursday, September 13, 2007
- http://www.kanal46.com/haber.php?h=8593
- Source http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5685.html
- tr:Türk Kara Kuvvetleri, accessed 7 July 2008
Further reading
- Chapter 5, 'Turkish Armed Forces' in Umit Cizre (ed.), 'Democratic Oversight and Reform of the Security Sector in Turkey,' LIT/DCAF 2008, ISBN 978-3-0858-0969-0.