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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]
First Army
First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul
2nd Corps
2nd 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
3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)
5th Corps
5th 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
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
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 (Bingöl)
- 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 Special Forces Bde
Based in Denizli
7th Special Forces Bde
Based in Sakarya
2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde
Based in Bornova/İzmir
19th Motorized Infantry Bde
1st Infantry Bde
Based in Manisa
57th Artillery Bde
Based in İzmir
Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment
Based in Muğla
Plus
3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade
Based in Foca
Cyprus Turkish Peace Force/11th Corps
- 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) (Asya)
- 28th Mechanized Infantry Div (Gazimağusa)
- 39th Mechanized Infantry Div (Based in Güzelyurt)
- Cyprus Special Forces Regiment
References
- ↑ "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
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.