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This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.[1]
A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.
The IISS and the Turkish Army's website gave differing figures as to the number of formations in the Army. In 2007 the official site gave totals of 9 Army Corps, 1 Infantry Division, 2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Training Division, 11 Infantry / Motorized Infantry Brigades, 16 Mechanized Infantry Brigades, 9 Armored Brigades, 5 Para-Commando Brigades, 1 Army Aviation Brigade, 2 Artillery Brigades, 5 Training Brigades and one Humanitarian Aid Brigade.[2]
Key: 2nd (1) – 2nd Corps, 1st Army
First Army
editFirst Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul
2nd Corps
edit2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne
- 4th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Keşan, Edirne)
- 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Ortaköy, Çanakkale)
- 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Edirne)
- 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Suloğlu, Edirne)
- 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Lüleburgaz, Kirklareli)
- 102nd Artillery Regiment (Keşan, Edirne)
3rd Corps
edit3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)
- 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımkoy)[3]
5th Corps
edit5th Corps is based in Çorlu/ Tekirdağ
- 3rd Armoured Brigade (Turkey) (Çerkezköy/ Tekirdağ)
- 95th Armored Bde (Malkara/Tekirdağ)
- 8th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Tekirdağ)
- 105th Artillery Regiment
Second Army
editSecond Army is based in Malatya
6th Corps
edit- 5th Armored Bde (Gaziantep)
- 39th Mech.Inf.Bde (İskenderun/Hatay)
- 106th Artillery Regiment
7th Corps
edit7th Corps is based in Diyarbakır
- 3rd Таctical Infantry Divisional HQ (Yüksekova/Hakkari)[4]
- 107th Artillery Regiment
- 2nd SF Regt (Mardin)
8th Corps
edit- 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
- 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid-2008 to Silopi[5])
- 108th Artillery Regiment
1st Commando Bde
edit1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).
3rd Commando Bde
editBased in (Siirt)
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde
editHakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)
Third Army
editThird Army is based in (Erzincan)
4th Corps
edit4th Corps is based in (Ankara)
- 28th Mech.Inf.Bde (Mamak/Ankara)
- 1st Motorized Infantry Bde (Sakarya)
- 58th Artillery Bde (Polatlı/Ankara)
- Training Division/Armour School (Etimesgut/Ankara)
9th Corps
edit9th 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 (Bingöl)
- 51st Internal Security Bde (Hozat/Tunceli)
- 59th Training Artillery Bde (Erzincan)
- 109th Artillery Regt
2nd Commando Bde
editBased in Bolu
4th Commando Bde
editBased in Tunceli
Based in Izmir
11th Special Forces Bde
editBased in Denizli
7th Special Forces Bde
editBased in Sakarya
2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde
editBased in Bornova/İzmir
19th Motorized Infantry Bde
edit1st Infantry Bde
editBased in Manisa
57th Artillery Bde
editBased in İzmir
Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment
editBased in Muğla
Plus
3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade
editBased in Foca
- 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) (Asya)
- 28th Mechanized Infantry Div (Gazimağusa)
- 39th Mechanized Infantry Div (Based in Güzelyurt)
- Cyprus Special Forces Regiment
References
edit- ^ "Turkey - Army - Order of Battle".
- ^ "Force Structure". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
- ^ KKK '52 Armored Division' Hadimkoy – "Yorum Yapı". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ Turkish Daily News, President calls for national unity Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Thursday, September 13, 2007
- ^ "FLAŞ: 172. Zırhlı Tugay Silopi'ye taşınıyor!".
- Source http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5685.html
- tr:Türk Kara Kuvvetleri, accessed 7 July 2008
- https://www.bulurum.com/details/map/1kac61b4ahc40id7cacj1g5_6i2g1a32 - 6th Infantry Division