4th Corps (Turkey)

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4th Corps
Turkey 4th Corps.jpg
Founded1966[1]
CountryTurkey Turkey
BranchTurkish Army
TypeInfantry
SizeCorps
Part ofFirst Army
Garrison/HQAnkara
EngagementsTurkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)
Commanders
Major generalAhmet Kurumahmut

The 4th Corps is a field corps of the Turkish Land Forces. Its headquarters is in Ankara.

It was established in the Ankara area in 1966.[1] In 1974, it appears to have been part of the Second Army. Nigel Thomas's NATO Armies 1949-87, published in 1987, attributed the 4th, 8th, and 9th Corps to the Third Army.[2]

In accordance with NATO's new strategy in the early 1990s, Turkey agreed to commit forces to NATO's ACE Rapid Reaction Corps. "Therefore, the decision was made to create a new division. Thus, the old 1st Infantry Division which had been abolished many years ago was reactivated and renamed as 1 TU Mech Inf Div and attached to 4 TU Corps on 30 November 1993."[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Tarihçesi". Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ Nigel Thomas (1987). NATO Armies 1949-87 (First ed.). Osprey Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-0850458220.
  3. ^ "ARRC | We're sorry". Arrc.nato.int. Archived from the original on 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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