List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008

List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008

This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army in 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.

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 (Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul)
**2nd Corps (Gelibolu, Canakkale/ Edirne)
***4th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Kesan/ Edirne)
***18th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Ortakoy, Canakkale)
***54th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Edirne)
***55th Mech.Inf.Bde (Suloglu/ Edirne)
***65th Mech.Inf.Bde (Luleburgaz, Kirklareli)
**5th Corps (Corlu/ Tekirdag)
***3rd Armoured Brigade (Cerkezkoy/ Tekirdag)
***95th Armoured Bde (Malkara/Tekirdag)
***8th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Tekirdag)
**3rd Corps (Sisli/ Istanbul)(NATO Rapid Deployment Corps - Turkey)
***52nd Armoured Division (Hadimkoy) [KKK '52 Armoured Division' Hadimkoy - http://www.yorumyapi.com/eng/gsuygulama.htm]
****1st Armoured Bde (Hadimkoy/ Istanbul)
****2nd Armoured Bde (Kartal/ Istanbul)
****66th Mech.Inf.Bde (Hasdal/ Istanbul)

*Second Army (Malatya)
**7th Corps (Diyarbakir)
***3rd Таctical Infantry Divisional HQ (Yuksekova/ Hakkari) [Turkish Daily News, [http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=83334&contact=1 President calls for national unity] , Thursday, September 13, 2007]
****6th Mech.Inf.Bde (Tatvan/Bitlis)
****16th Mech.Inf.Bde (Bilgekisla/ Diyarbakir)
****70th Mech.Inf.Bde (Kiziltepe/ Mardin)
****6th Infantry Bde (Akcay/ Sirnak)
****23rd Regional Security Bde (Silopi/ Sirnak)
***2nd SF Regt (Mardin)
**8th Corps (Elazig)
***20th Armoured Bde (Sanliurfa)
***172nd Armoured Bde (Kahramanmaras)
**6th Corps (Adana)
***5th Armoured Bde (Gaziantep)
***39th Mech.Inf.Bde (Iskenderun/ Hatay)
**1st Commando Bde (Kayseri)(besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri)
**3rd Commando Bde (Siirt)
**5th Mountain and Commando Bde (Hakkari)
*Third Army (Erzincan)
**9th Corps (Erzurum)
***4th Armoured Bde (Palandoken/ Erzurum)
***1st Mech.Inf.Bde (Dogubeyazit/ Agri)
***12th Mech.Inf.Bde (Agri)
***14th Mech.Inf.Bde (Кars)
***25th Mech.Inf.Bde (Ardahan)
***2nd Mech.Inf.Bde (Rize)
***9th Mech.Inf.Bde (Erzurum)
***34th Regional Security Bde (Patnos/ Agri)
***48th Regional Security Bde (Trabzon)
***49th Regional Security Bde (Bingol)
***51st Regional Security Bde (Hozat/ Tunceli)
***59th Training Artillery Bde (Erzincan)
**4th Corps (Ankara)
***28th Mech.Inf.Bde (Mamak/ Ankara)
***1st Infantry Bde (Sakarya)
***58th Artillery Bde (Polatli/ Ankara)
***Training Division/Armour School (Etimesgut/ Ankara)
**2nd Commando Bde (Bolu)
**4th Commando Bde (Tunceli)
**Unidentified Special Forces Regiment (Gokceada and Bozceada)
*Aegean Army (Izmir)
**11th Mech.Inf.Bde (Denizli)
**19th Infantry Bde (Edremyt/ Balikesir)
**1st Training Infantry Bde (Manisa)
**3rd Training Infantry Bde (Antalya)
**57th Artillery Bde (Izmir)
*Cyprus Turkish Peace Force
**14th Armoured Bde (Asya)
**28th Mech.Inf.Div (Gazi Magusa)
**39th Mech.Inf.Div (Guzelyurt)
**Cyprus Special Forces Regiment

References

*Source http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5685.html
*, accessed 7 July 2008

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