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.

First Army[]

First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul

2nd Corps[]

2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne

• 4th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Keşan, Edirne)
• 18th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ortaköy, Çanakkale)
• 54th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Edirne)
• 55th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Suloğlu, Edirne)
• 65th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Lüleburgaz, Kirklareli)
• 102nd Artillery Regiment (Keşan, Edirne)

3rd Corps[]

3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)

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

5th Corps[]

5th Corps is based in Çorlu/ Tekirdag

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

Second Army[]

Second Army is based in Malatya

6th Corps[]

6th Corps is based in Adana

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

7th Corps[]

is based in Diyarbakır

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

8th Corps[]

8th Corps is based in Elazig

• 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
• 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid-2008 to Silopi^[4])
• 108th Artillery Regiment

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[]

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[]

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 (Bingol)
• 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 Motorized Infantry Bde[]

Based in Denizli

19th Motorized Infantry Bde[]

Based in Edremit/Balıkesir

1st Training Infantry Bde[]

Based in Manisa

3rd Training Infantry Bde[]

Based in(Antalya

57th Artillery Brigade[]

Based in İzmir

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force/[]

• 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) (Asya)
• 28th Mechanized Infantry Div (Gazimağusa)
• 39th Mechanized Infantry Div (Based in Güzelyurt)
• Cyprus Special Forces Regiment

References[]

• Source http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5685.html
• tr:Türk Kara Kuvvetleri, accessed 7 July 2008

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.