The Second Army ( tr, 2. Ordu) of the Turkish Army has headquarters in Malatya. It protects

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and it patrols the border with

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and

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. Modern Turkish corps are referred to in TGS literature in

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(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

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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 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 ...

) *

III Corps 3rd Corps, Third Corps, III Corps, or 3rd Army Corps may refer to: France * 3rd Army Corps (France) * III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * III Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of th ...

(

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 Septembe ...

) **61st Infantry Division (

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). ...

) **41st Infantry Division (

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 h ...

) **1st Infantry Division (

Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...

) *

VI Corps 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 dur ...

(

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.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 Wa ...

) **16th Infantry Division (

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 commande ...

)

Order of Battle, 1941

In June 1941, the Second Army was organized as follows: Second Army HQ (

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, Commander:

) *Dardanelles and Marmara **

II Corps 2nd Corps, Second Corps, or II Corps may refer to: France * 2nd Army Corps (France) * II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * II Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French ...

(

Gelibolu Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli (from el, Καλλίπολις, ''Kallipolis'', "Beautiful City"), is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on th ...

) **Demirkapı Fortified Area Command **

I Corps I Corps, 1st Corps, or First Corps may refer to: France * 1st Army Corps (France) * I Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * I Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Arm ...

(

Çanakkale Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate). Çanakkale is ...

) **

Dardanelles Fortified Area Command The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command or Mediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command or Çanakkale Fortified Area Command (Turkish: ''Bahr-i Sefîd Boğazı Mevki(i) Müstahkem Komutanlığı'' or ''Akdeniz Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlı ...

V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to: France * 5th Army Corps (France) * V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army ...

(

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

) *Aegean and Mediterranean coasts **

XII Corps 12th Corps, Twelfth Corps, or XII Corps may refer to: * 12th Army Corps (France) * XII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army * XII (Ro ...

(

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

) **İzmir Fortified Area Command

The 1970s and operation of Cyprus

From August 1970-August 1972

Semih Sancar Semih Sancar (1911 – 8 December 1984) was Chief of the Turkish General Staff from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He was previously Commander of the Turkish Land Forces (1972–1973) and General Commander ...

commanded 2nd Army Command. The ground forces detailed for the operation were put under the command of the 6th Corps/Second Army. They included the "Cakmak Special Strike Force", a brigade level unit which would conduct the amphibious landing, the Commando brigade, the Parachute brigade, the 39th infantry division, the 28th motorised infantry division and elements of the 5th armoured brigade and the Jandarma. About 6,000 Turkish-Cypriot fighters were stationed inside the Gönyeli enclave.

Order of Battle, 2010

Şükrü Sarıışık commanded 2004-06. From 30 August 2006 - 30 August 2008 General

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commanded 2nd Army. General

Necdet Özel General Necdet Özel (born 1950) is a Turkish Army general, who served as the 28th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. He also served as the commander of the Turkish Land Forces. General Necdet Özel is only the second in this ...

commanded the army in 2008-2010. Estimated order of battle includes: * 6th Corps (

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) **5th Armored Brigade (

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) - units despatched to Turkish border August 17, 2012, during Syrian uprising.Army sends more guns, soldiers, to borderline

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, August 17, 2012 **39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (

İskenderun İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Names The city was founded as Ale ...

) **106th Artillery Regiment ( İslahiye) * 7th Corps (

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) **3rd Tactical Infantry Division ( Yüksekova) **16th Mechanized Brigade (Diyarbakır) **20th Mechanized Brigade (

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) - units despatched to Turkish border August 17, 2012, during Syrian uprising. ** 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

) **172nd Armored Brigade (

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) ** 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (

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) ** 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade ( Akçay) **3rd Commando Brigade ( Siirt) **107th Artillery Regiment (

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)

Reported order of battle, 2012, during Syrian uprising

The 2nd Army Command, headquartered in Malatya, has the second-highest number of troops after the

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-based 1st Army Command, comprising roughly 100,000 soldiers. It is under the control of the Commander of the Land Forces, and includes these affiliated units:TSK düğmeye bastı
/ref> * 4th Corps (

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) * 6th Corps (

) * 7th Corps (

) *3rd Tactical Infantry Division ( Yüksekova) *28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ( Mamak) *58th Artillery Brigade ( Polatlı) *1st Commando Brigade ( Talas) *2nd Commando Brigade (

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) *5th Armored Brigade (

) *39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (

) *106th Artillery Regiment ( İslahiye) *34th Border Brigade (

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) *16th Mechanized Brigade (Diyarbakır) *20th Armored Brigade (

) *70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (

) *172nd Armored Brigade (

) *2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade (

) *6th Motorized Infantry Brigade ( Akçay) *3rd Commando Brigade ( Siirt) *107th Artillery Regiment (

)

Notes

External links

*http://www.noev-kovcheg.ru/mag/2007-06/719.html - Russian page with details on 7th Corps of Second Army *https://www.iswresearch.org/2020/03/turkeys-military-buildup-in-syrias.html - Turkish deployments in Syria, 2020 {{Turkish army formations Turkish 02 Army Military units and formations of Turkey in the Turkish War of Independence Malatya Military units and formations established in 1923 Military units and formations established in 1921 Military units and formations disestablished in 1923 1923 establishments in Turkey