List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008
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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
[edit]First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul
2nd Corps
[edit]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
[edit]3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)
- 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımkoy)[3]
5th Corps
[edit]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
[edit]Second Army is based in Malatya
6th Corps
[edit]- 5th Armored Bde (Gaziantep)
- 39th Mech.Inf.Bde (İskenderun/Hatay)
- 106th Artillery Regiment
7th Corps
[edit]7th 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
[edit]1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).
3rd Commando Bde
[edit]Based in (Siirt)
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde
[edit]Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)
Third Army
[edit]Third Army is based in (Erzincan)
4th Corps
[edit]4th 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
[edit]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
[edit]Based in Bolu
4th Commando Bde
[edit]Based in Tunceli
Based in Izmir
11th Special Forces Bde
[edit]Based in Denizli
7th Special Forces Bde
[edit]Based in Sakarya
2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde
[edit]Based in Bornova/İzmir
19th Motorized Infantry Bde
[edit]1st Infantry Bde
[edit]Based in Manisa
57th Artillery Bde
[edit]Based in İzmir
Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment
[edit]Based in Muğla
Plus
3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade
[edit]Based 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