The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division is an
infantry
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formation
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* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
of the
Turkish Land Forces
The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Army (Turkish: ), is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the ...
.
In 1941 it was part of XVII Corps at
Maras.
[Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (Turkish)] It was deployed from the mainland to
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
for the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish ...
in 1974, under Major General Bedrettin Demirel. On landing it immediately became involved in the
Battle of Pentemili beachhead
Pentemili is the Cyprus beach where troops first landed on the morning of 20 July 1974 in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Kyrenia, thus the name.Savvas D. Vlassis, O Aporritos Attilas, Athens 2004 For ...
.
Since the 1970s it has formed part of 11th Corps/
Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces
The Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command ( tr, Kıbrıs Türk Barış Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı) is the Turkish garrison in Cyprus. In 1974 Turkish troops invaded Cyprus following a Greek Cypriot coup d'état (organized and supported by the Gr ...
.
Necdet Ozel Necdet () is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necdet include:
* Necdet Calp (1922-1998), Turkish civil servant and politician
* Necdet Darıcıoğlu, Turkish judge
* Necdet Karababa, Turkish politician
* Necdet Kent (1911–2002), Turk ...
commanded the division from 1999 for two-three years.
References
External links
*Permanent Representative of Cyprus
2007 letter to Secretary-General{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000404/http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/MOI/pio/pio.nsf/All/4FC90989378EAD00C225729000290986?OpenDocument , date=2007-09-27
Mechanized divisions of Turkey