List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008

Turkish Land Forces Türk Kara Kuvvetleri

Components Turkish Army Structure List of formations 2008 Administration İlker Başbuğ Overseas Deployments Forces in Cyprus Equipment Modern equipment History History Timeline Personnel Officer rank insignia Other ranks insignia

This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 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.

Contents 1 First Army 1.1 II Corps 1.2 III Corps 1.3 V Corps 2 Second Army 2.1 VI Corps 2.2 VII Corps 2.3 VIII Corps 2.4 1st Commando Bde 2.5 3rd Commando Bde 2.6 Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade 3 Third Army 3.1 IV Corps 3.2 IX Corps 3.3 2nd Commando Bde 3.4 4th Commando Bde 3.5 Unidentified Special Forces Regiment 4 Aegean Army 4.1 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade 4.2 19th Motorized Infantry Brigade 4.3 1st Training Infantry Bde 4.4 3rd Training Infantry Bde 4.5 57th Artillery Bde 5 Cyprus Turkish Peace Force 5.1 14th Armored Bde 5.2 28th Mech.Inf.Div 5.3 39th Mech.Inf.Div 5.4 Cyprus Special Forces Regiment 6 References

First Army

Based in (Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul)

II Corps

Based in (Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne)

• 4th Mechanized 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)

III Corps

Based in (Şişli/ Istanbul) (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)

• 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımkoy)^[1]
  • 1st Armored Bde (Hadımkoy/ Istanbul)
  • 2nd Armored Bde (Kartal/Istanbul)
  • 66th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Hasdal/Istanbul)

V Corps

Based in (Çorlu/ Tekirdag)

• 3rd Armored Brigade (Çerkezköy/ Tekirdag)
• 95th Armored Bde (Malkara/Tekirdag)
• 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Tekirdağ)
• 105th Artillery Regiment

Second Army

Based in (Malatya)

VI Corps

Based in (Adana)

• 5th Armored Bde (Gaziantep)
• 39th Mech.Inf.Bde (İskenderun/Hatay)
• 106th Artillery Regiment

VII Corps

Based in (Diyarbakır)

• 3rd Таctical Infantry Divisional HQ (Yüksekova/Hakkari)^[2]
  • 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Tatvan/Bitlis)
  • 16th Mech.Inf.Bde (Bilgekışla/ Diyarbakır)
  • 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Kızıltepe/Mardin)
  • 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Akçay/Şırnak)
  • 23rd Internal Security Bde (Silopi/ Sirnak)
• 107th Artillery Regiment
• 2nd SF Regt (Mardin)

VIII Corps

Based in (Elazig)

• 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
• 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid 2008 to Silopi^[3])
• 108th Artillery Regiment

1st Commando Bde

Based in (Kayseri)(besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri)

3rd Commando Bde

Based in (Siirt)

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

Based in (Hakkari)

Third Army

Based in (Erzincan)

IV Corps

Based in (Ankara)

• 28th Mech.Inf.Bde (Mamak/Ankara)
• 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Sakarya)
• 58th Artillery Bde (Polatlı/Ankara)
• Training Division/Armour School (Etimesgut/Ankara)

IX Corps

Based in (Erzurum)

• 4th Armored Bde (Palandöken/Erzurum)
• 1st Mech.Inf.Bde (Doğubeyazıt/Ağrı)
• 12th Mech.Inf.Bde (Ağrı)
• 14th Mech.Inf.Bde (Кars)
• 25th Mech.Inf.Bde (Ardahan)
• 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (Rice)
• 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade (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 Regiment

2nd Commando Bde

Based in (Bolu)

4th Commando Bde

Based in (Tunceli)

Unidentified Special Forces Regiment

Based in (Gökçeada and Bozcaada)

Aegean Army

Based in (Izmir)

11th Motorized Infantry Brigade

Based in (Denizli)

19th Motorized Infantry Brigade

Based in (Edremit/Balıkesir)

1st Training Infantry Bde

Based in (Manisa)

3rd Training Infantry Bde

Based in (Antalya)

57th Artillery Bde

Based in (İzmir)

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force

14th Armored Bde

Based in (Asya)

28th Mech.Inf.Div

Based in (Gazimağusa)

39th Mech.Inf.Div

Based in (Güzelyurt)

Cyprus Special Forces Regiment

References

1. ^ KKK '52 Armored Division' Hadimkoy - http://www.yorumyapi.com/eng/gsuygulama.htm
2. ^ Turkish Daily News, President calls for national unity, Thursday, September 13, 2007
3. ^ 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