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XVII Corps (Ottoman Empire)
The XVII Corps of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''17 nci Kolordu ''or'' On Yedinci Kolordu'') was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I. Balkan Wars Order of Battle, October 17, 1912 On October 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83. *XVII Provisional Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Eastern Army) **Samsun Redif Division, Eregli Redif Division, Smyrna Redif Division Order of Battle, October 29, 1912 On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103. *XVII Provisional Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Second Eastern Army) **Samsun Redif Division, Eregli Redif Division, Trabzon Redif Division On November 7, 1912, the XVII Provisional Corps was inactivated.Edward J. Erickson, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Eastern Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Second Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: ''İkinci Şark Ordusu'') was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during the initial phase of the First Balkan War. It confronted Bulgarian forces. It was formed from units of reorganized Eastern Army on October 29, 1912. Order of battle October 29, 1912 On October 29, 1912, the army was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83. * Second Eastern Army HQ: Ferik Hamdi Pasha **III Corps (commanded by Mirliva Mahmud Muhtar Pasha Mahmud Muhtar Pasha ( tr, Mahmut Muhtar Paşa; 1867 – 15 March 1935), known as Mahmut Muhtar Katırcıoğlu since 1934, was an Ottoman-born Turkish military officer and diplomat, the son of the Grand Vizier Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. Biography ...) ** VII Provisional Corps ** VIII Provisional Corps Sources Field armies of the Ottoman Empire Military units and format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şefik Aker
Mehmed Şefik (1877 - 6 February 1964) known as Mehmet Şefik Aker after the 1934 Surname Law, was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He is best known for his service during the Gallipoli campaign and in particular the defense he led during the first day of the Allied landing on 25 April 1915. He subsequently served in a number of senior roles during the rest of World War I and during the War of Independence. Career Early life Şefik was born in 1877 to Selim Bey in Kesriye which was part of the Province of Manastir of the Ottoman Empire in what is now Western Macedonia in modern Greece. He entered the Imperial Military Academy in Istanbul in April 1894 where he was a successful student, though his achievements were not high enough upon his graduation with the rank of Lieutenant on 17 August 1896 for him to be selected to attend General Staff College. Following his graduation Şefik was appointed to lead a platoon in Debre in Albania. He served with disti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urla, İzmir
Urla (, Vourlá) is a town and the center of the district of the same name in İzmir Province, in Turkey. The district center is located in the middle of the isthmus of a small peninsula which protrudes northwards in the Gulf of İzmir, but its urban tissue is comparatively loose and extends eastwards to touch the coast and to cover a wide area which also includes a large portion of the peninsula. Sizable parts in the municipal area, owned by absentee landlords, remain uninhabited or are very rural in aspect. The peninsular coastline present a number of compounds constituted by seasonal residences along the beaches and the coves and which are administratively divided between Urla center's municipal area or its depending villages. Urla district area's eastern end neighbors the westernmost district of the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, Güzelbahçe, and urbanization is much denser across that part, contributing to the whole district's average urbanization rate of 75%. With İz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Çetinkaya
Ali Çetinkaya, also known as " Kel" Ali Bey (1878 – 21 February 1949) was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer and politician, who served eight terms in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, including a period in 1939–40 as his country's first Minister of Transport. Biography He was born in Kara Hisâr-i Sâhib (present day Afyonkarahisar) in Hüdavendigâr Vilayet as the son of Ahmed Efendi. He studied in the Bursa Military High School (''Bursa Askerî İdadisi'' ). After graduating from military highschool, he entered the Ottoman Military Academy (''Mekteb-i Füsûn-u Harbiyye-i Şâhâne'' ) In 1898 he graduated academy and joined the Ottoman military as a Second Lieutenant (''Mülâzım-ı Sani'' ). During World War I, he served for the army in the Caucasus and Galicia fronts. When the Greek forces were landing at Smyrna on May 15, 1919, he was a lieutenant colonel and the commander of 172nd Infantry Regiment stationed in the Aegean coastal town of Ayvalık. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayvalık
Ayvalık () is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of Balıkesir province. The town centre is connected to Cunda Island by a causeway and is surrounded by the archipelago of Ayvalık Islands, which face the nearby Greek island of Lesbos Ayvalık ('Quince Orchard') was an ancient Aeolian Greek port-town, called (). Its name was changed to Ayvalık in the Ottoman era. Before 1923 the town was predominantly Greek, and although the Turks used its Turkish name, the Greeks used both the old name ''Kydonies'' and the new one Hellenised to (). The Greeks knew Cunda Island as ''Moschonisia'' (literally "The Perfumed Islands"'')'' while the Turks called it Alibey Island (''Alibey Adası''). Under the Ottomans Ayvalık had a flourishing olive-oil-production industry and the chimneys of the old factories can still be seen about town. In modern times production has revived in a smaller-scale boutique format. Daily ferries operate between Ayvalık ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydın
Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient Meander River) at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast. Its population was 207,554 in 2014. Aydın city is located along a region which was famous for its fertility and productivity since ancient times. Figs remain the province's best-known crop, although other agricultural products are also grown intensively and the city has some light industry. At the crossroads of a busy transport network of several types, a six-lane motorway connects Aydın to Izmir, Turkey's second port, in less than an hour, and in still less time to the international Adnan Menderes Airport, located along the road between the two cities. A smaller airport, namely Aydın A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
In military terms, 57th Division may refer to: __NOTOC__ Infantry divisions * 57th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China) * 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 57th Infantry Division Lombardia (Kingdom of Italy) * 57th Mountain Division, Leimakhong, Manipur III Corps (India) * 57th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 57th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 57th Rifle Division (RSFSR) * 57 Division (Sri Lanka) * 57th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union, later 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division) * 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 57th Infantry Division (Turkey) * 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division (United Kingdom) Aviation divisions * 57th Air Division The 57th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Fifteenth Air Force, based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. It was inactivated on 24 June 1991. History "Established as the 8th Pursuit W ... (United States) Cavalry divisions * 57th Cavalry Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
56th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: * 56th Infantry Division (France), a unit of the French Army in both World Wars * 56th Infantry Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), a unit of the German Army in World War II * 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army * 56th (London) Infantry Division, a unit of the British Army * 56th Infantry Division Casale, a unit of the Kingdom of Italy in World War II * 56th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 56th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 56th Division (Spain), a Spanish Republican unit See also * 56th Brigade (other) * 56th Group (other) * 56th Regiment (other) 56th Regiment may refer to: * 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army * 56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, a unit of the British Army * 56th Punjabi Rifles (Fronti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
58th Division or 58th Infantry Division may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 58th Division (People's Republic of China) * 58th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) *58th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 58th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 58th Division (Sri Lanka) * 58th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) * 58th Infantry Division Legnano (Kingdom of Italy) * 58th Takavar Division of Shahroud ; Aviation divisions : * 58th Air Division The 58th Air Division (58th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, based at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 February 1959. History World War II B-29 d ... (United States) See also * 58th Regiment (other) * 58th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
The 25th Division was a formation of the VIII Corps of the Ottoman Army based in Damascus. It had been intended that its manpower would be raised from locally recruited Syrians and Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, .... The division was composed of the 25th Artillery Regiment, and three infantry regiments the 73rd, 74th and 75th. References Ottoman Army Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I {{Ottoman Forces during World War One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
In military terms, 15th Division or 15th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 15th Infantry Division (Belgium) * 15th Infantry Division (France) * 15th Motorized Infantry Division (France) * 15th Division (German Empire), a unit of the Prussian/German Army, later 15th Infantry Division * 15th Landwehr Division (German Empire) * 15th Reserve Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I * 15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), formed on 1 October 1934 in Würzburg under the cover name ''Artillerieführer V'' * 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht) * 15th Infantry Division (Greece), (Greek: XV Μεραρχία Πεζικού (XV ΜΠ); ''XV Merarchía Pezikoú''), an infantry division of the Hellenic Army * 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), an Infantry Division of the Waffen SS during World War II * 15th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army * 15th Infantry Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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