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Second Army (Turkey)
The Second Army ( tr, 2. Ordu) of the Turkish Army has headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran. Modern Turkish corps are referred to in TGS literature in Ottoman Turkish (1st) numerals. It is not clear when the change occurred. An arbitrary date of 1945 has been chosen as the point at which to start referring to corps in Ottoman Turkish numerals. History The former headquarters of the 2nd Army, which was transferred from Konya to Malatya in 1983, was in Konya. Formations Order of battle, August 30, 1922 On August 30, 1922, the Second Army was organized as follows: Second Army HG (Commander: Yakup Şevki Subaşı, Chief of Staff: Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet) * III Corps (Şükrü Naili Gökberk) **61st Infantry Division ( Salih Omurtak) **41st Infantry Division ( Alâaddin Koval) **1st Infantry Division (Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman) *VI Corps (Kâzım İnanç) **17th Infantry Division ( Nurettin Özsü) **16th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to Iraq–Jordan border, the southwest and Syria to Iraq–Syria border, the west. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Iraqi Arabs, Kurds, Iraqi Turkmen, Turkmens, Assyrian people, Assyrians, Armenians in Iraq, Armenians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Iranians in Iraq, Persians and Shabaks, Shabakis with similarly diverse Geography of Iraq, geography and Wildlife of Iraq, wildlife. The vast majority of the country's 44 million residents are Muslims – the notable other faiths are Christianity in Iraq, Christianity, Yazidism, Mandaeism, Yarsanism and Zoroastrianism. The official langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşir Atlı
Aşir Atlı (1881; Kilis - October 23, 1957; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence: See also * Turkish State Cemetery#Burials * List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) This list includes rec ... Sources External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Atli, Asir 1881 births 1957 deaths People from Kilis Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Members of Kuva-yi Milliye Turkish Army generals Deputies of Bursa Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Recipients of the Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurettin Özsü
Nurettin Özsü also known as Hussein Nureddin Bey or Hussein Nureddin Pasha (1879 in Istanbul – June 9, 1937) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence: See also * Turkish State Cemetery#Burials * List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) This list includes rec ... Sources External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Erdemgil, Akif 1879 births 1937 deaths Military personnel from Istanbul Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Turkish Army generals Recipients of the Liakat Medal Recipients of the Medal of Independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kâzım İnanç
Kâzım İnanç (1880; Diyarbakır, Diyarbekir Vilayet - 21 September 1938; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He was of Kurdish origin. (in Turkish) See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence:
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VI Corps (Turkey)
6 Corps, 6th Corps, Sixth Corps, or VI Corps may refer to: France * VI Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars * VI Corps (Grande Armée), a formation of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars Germany * VI Cavalry Corps (German Empire), a formation of the Imperial German Army during World War I * VI Corps (German Empire), a formation of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * VI Reserve Corps (German Empire), a formation of the Imperial German Army during World War I * VI Army Corps (Wehrmacht), World War II United States * VI Corps (United States) * VI Corps (Union Army), a formation of the Union (North) during the American Civil War * Sixth Army Corps (Spanish–American War) Others * VI Corps (Ottoman Empire) * VI Corps (North Korea) * VI Corps (United Kingdom) a formation of the British Army during World War I * VI Corps, part of Ground Operations Command, South Korea See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alâaddin Koval
Alâaddin Koval (1882; Constantinople (Istanbul) - August 8, 1930; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence: See also * Turkish State Cemetery#Burials * List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) This list includes rec ... Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Koval, Alaaddin 1882 births 1930 deaths Military personnel from Istanbul Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish Army generals Turkish military personnel of the Turkish–Armenian War Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Burials at Turkish State Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salih Omurtak
Salih Omurtak (1889–23 June 1954) was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. Biography He was born 1889 in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece). He graduated from the Military College in 1907 with the rank of a lieutenant. After finishing the Staff College in 1910, he became a staff officer and served at several headquarters in the Ottoman Army. Deployed to Ankara on 22 January 1920, he joined the Turkish revolutionaries and commanded various troops during and after the Turkish War of Independence, including the 61st Division. He was promoted to the rank of the Mirliva in 1926, and in 1930, he became a Ferik. From 1940 on, Omurtak held the commander-in-chief post of the First Army in the rank of the Orgeneral (four-star general). He was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces on 1 August 1946 following the resignation of Kazım Orbay, and served at thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şükrü Naili Gökberk
Şükrü Naili Gökberk (1876 in Thessaloniki, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 26 October 1936 in Edirne, Turkey) was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I, reaching the rank of miralay ( senior colonel / brigadier) on 1 September 1917; and of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence, reaching the rank of mirliva (Brigadier General) on 31 August 1922. He was promoted to the rank of ferik (Major General) on 30 August 1926. He commanded the Turkish forces (3rd Corps) of the Ankara government which entered Istanbul with a ceremony on 6 October 1923, following the end of the city's occupation by the Allies of World War I, which has been marked as the ''Liberation Day'' of Istanbul ( Turkish: ''İstanbul'un Kurtuluşu'') and is commemorated every year on its anniversary. He also served as a member of parliament at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara for two terms, first for Kırklareli (1923) and later for Istanbul ) , postal_code_typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
III Corps (Turkey)
The 3rd Corps ( tr, 3. Kolordu) is a field corps of the Turkish Army and the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Türkiye (NRDC-T). Headquartered at Ayazaga, Sarıyer in Istanbul, it is part of the First Army. It was established at Kirklareli on March 14, 1911, in the Ottoman Empire. It took part in the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, the Gallipoli Campaign, operations in the Caucasus 1916–1917, and operations in Palestine in 1918. It then took part in the Battles of Kutahya and Sakarya in 1921, and the Great Assault of 1922. NATO Response Force In 1941, the corps, as part of First Army, Catalca Area, with its headquarters at Çorlu, comprised 1st Infantry Division, 61st Infantry Division, 46th Infantry Division, and 62nd Infantry Division. The corps received in 2001 orders from the General Staff for its transformation into a NATO Response Force Corps, which is a high-readiness, joint, multinational force that is technologically advanced, flexible, deployable, interopera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (1883; Constantinople (Istanbul) - 1954; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. In the fall 1941 he, along with General Ali Fuad Erden, visited the occupied territories in Ukraine (including Crimea) on invitation of Gerd von Rundstedt. From there he and other Turkish officers flew to Rastenburg to meet Hitler in person. In 1943 he published his essays on that trip under title "What I Saw on the Eastern Front." Being a staunch Turanist, he was briefly detained for Panturkic activities in 1948 together with some other prominent Turanists. Works *''Yıldırım'', İstanbul, 1921. *''Büyük Harpte Tank Muharebesi'' *''Seferî Karargâhlarda Kurmay Görevleri'', İstanbul, 1921. *''Erkan-ı Harbiyye Meslek, Vezaif ve Teşkilatı, Tarihi ve İlmî Tetkikat'', İstanbul, 1924. *''Dağda Harp Hareketleri hakkında bir Tetkik'', İstanbul 1926. (Maurice Abadie) *''H. H. Emir Erkilet Paşa.'nın Avrupa'da tetkik se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it Darü'l-Mülk, meaning "seat of government". In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. As of 2021, the population of the Metropolitan Province was 2,277,017, making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey, and second most populous of the Central Anatolia Region, after Ankara . Of this, 1,390,051 lived in the three urban districts of Meram, Selçuklu and Karatay. Konya is served by TCDD high-speed train ( YHT) services from Istanbul and Ankara. The local airport ( Konya Havalimanı, KYA) is served by flights from Istanbul. Etymology of Iconium Konya was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as (''Ikónion'') in Greek (with regular Medieval Greek apheresis ''Kón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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