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The First Army of the
On 30 August 1922, the First Army was organized as follows:
First Army HQ (Commander:
Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University) *Army reserve
**3rd Cavalry Division ( İbrahim Bey)
**6th Infantry Division ( Nazmi Bey)
*
Republic of Turkey
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() is one of the four field armies
A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent formation within some air forces, and with ...
of the Turkish Army
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 ...
. Its headquarters is located at Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul
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. It guards the sensitive borders of Turkey with Greece
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and Bulgaria
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, including the straits Bosporus
The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern T ...
and Dardanelles
The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ...
. The First Army is stationed in East Thrace
East Thrace or Eastern Thrace ( tr, Doğu Trakya or simply ''Trakya''; el, Ανατολική Θράκη, ''Anatoliki Thraki''; bg, Източна Тракия, ''Iztochna Trakiya''), also known as Turkish Thrace or European Turkey, is the pa ...
.
History
Ali İhsan Sabis is the first commander of the 1st Army, which has been operating since the Ottoman Empire. The 1st army depends on theTurkish 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 ...
. The army is responsible for the Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...
region, the straits and the safety of Istanbul. Is commanded by a 4 star general. Under normal circumstances, the second duty of the Turkish Chief of General Staff is the next task. From 1983 to the present day, it was the first place where all the chiefs of the general staff served.
Formations
Order of Battle, 30 August 1922
On 30 August 1922, the First Army was organized as follows:
First Army HQ (Commander: Mirliva
''Mirliva'' or ''Mîr-i livâ'' was a military rank of the Ottoman Army and Navy. It corresponds to a brigadier general (modern Turkish: ''Tuğgeneral'') in the modern Turkish Army. ''Mirliva'' is a compound word composed of ''Mir'' ( commander) ...
Nureddin Pasha
Nureddin Ibrahim Pasha ( tr, Nurettin Paşa, Nureddin İbrahim Paşa; 1873 – 18 February 1932), known as Nureddin İbrahim Konyar from 1934, was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army during World War I and in the Turkis ...
, Chief of Staff: Miralay Mehmet Emin BeyKocatepe Zafer YürüyüşüAfyonkarahisar Kocatepe University) *Army reserve
**3rd Cavalry Division ( İbrahim Bey)
**6th Infantry Division ( Nazmi Bey)
*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 A ...
( İzzettin Bey)
**57th Infantry Division ( Reşat Bey)
**14th Infantry Division ( Ethem Necdet Bey)
**15th Infantry Division ( Ahmet Naci Bey)
**23rd Infantry Division ( Ömer Halis Bey)
*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 du ...
( Kemalettin Sami Bey)
**11th Infantry Division ( Ahmet Bey)
**12th Infantry Division ( Osman Nuri Bey)
**5th Caucasian Infantry Division ( Dadaylı Halit Bey)
**8th Infantry Division ( Kâzım Bey)
* II Corps ( Ali Hikmet Bey)
**7th Infantry Division ( Ahmet Naci Bey)
**4th Infantry Division ( Mehmet Sabri Bey)
**3rd Caucasian Infantry Division ( Mehmet Kâzım Bey)
* V Cavalry Corps ( Fahrettin Bey)
**1st Cavalry Division ( Mürsel Bey)
**2nd Cavalry Division ( Ahmet Zeki Bey)
**14th Cavalry Division ( Mehmet Suphi Bey)
Order of Battle, 1941
In June 1941, the First Army was organized as follows: First Army HQ (Istanbul
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, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)
*Thrace Area
**X Corps 10th Corps, Tenth Corps, or X Corps may refer to:
France
* 10th Army Corps (France)
* X Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
Germany
* X Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army
* ...
(Kırklareli
Kırklareli () is a city within Kırklareli Province in the East Thrace, European part of Turkey.
Name
It is not clearly known when the city was founded, nor under what name. The Byzantine Greeks called it Sarànta Ekklisiès (''Σαράντα Ε ...
)
*Çatalca Area
** XX Corps
** IV Corps (Çatalca
Çatalca (Metrae; ) is a city and a rural district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the largest district in Istanbul by area.
It is in East Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers o ...
)
**Çatalca Fortified Area Command
** 3rd Corps (Çorlu
Çorlu () is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly growing industrial centre built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and off the highwa ...
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*Istanbul and Bosporus Area
**Istanbul Command
**Bosporus Fortified Area Command
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Order of Battle, 1974
In 1974 it consisted of four corps:British Military Attache's Annual Report on the Turkish Army, Annex A to DA/48, dated 30 March 1974, FCO 9/2127 viaPublic Record Office
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, Kew
* 2nd Corps (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 t ...
)
* 3rd Corps (Istanbul)
* 5th Corps (Çorlu
Çorlu () is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly growing industrial centre built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and off the highwa ...
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* 15th Corps (Köseköy, İzmit
İzmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia.
As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the c ...
)Order of Battle, 2010
* 2nd Corps (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 t ...
, 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 ...
)
**4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Keşan
Keşan is the name of a district of Edirne Province, Turkey, and also the name of the largest in the district town of Keşan ( bg, Кешан; gr, Κεσσάνη, Byzantine Greek: Ρουσιον, ''Rusion'') In 2010 Keşan had a permanent populat ...
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**8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ (; see also its other names) is a city in Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. In 2019 the city's population was 204,001.
Tekirdağ town is a commercial centre with a harbour ...
)
**18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (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 ...
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**95th Armored Brigade (Malkara
Malkara ( el, Μάλγαρα, Malgara) is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. It covers an area of 1,225 km², which makes ...
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**102nd Artillery Regiment (Uzunköprü
Uzunköprü is a town in Edirne Province in Turkey. It is named after a historical stone bridge, claimed to be the world's longest, on the Ergene River. It is a strategically important border town, located on the routes connecting Turkey to the B ...
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**Corps Engineer Combat Regiment (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 t ...
)
* 3rd Corps (NATO Rapid Deployment Corps, Şişli
Şişli () is one of the 39 districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş to the east, Sarıyer to the north, Eyüp and Kağıthane to the west, and Beyoğlu to the south. In 2009, Şi ...
, Istanbul
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**52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımköy, Istanbul)
**2nd Armored Brigade (Kartal
Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik.
Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated (total population of 541,209) (2008 ...
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**66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Istanbul)
**23rd Tactical Motorized Infantry Division (Hasdal, Istanbul)
***6th Motorized Infantry Regiment (Hasdal, Istanbul)
***23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment (Samandıra, Istanbul)
***47th Motorized Infantry Regiment (Metris, Istanbul)
* 5th Corps (Çorlu
Çorlu () is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly growing industrial centre built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and off the highwa ...
, Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ (; see also its other names) is a city in Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. In 2019 the city's population was 204,001.
Tekirdağ town is a commercial centre with a harbour ...
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**1st Armored Brigade ( Babaeski)
**3rd Armored Brigade (Çerkezköy
Çerkezköy is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey.
Facts
Çerkezköy is located in inland Thrace just to the west of the outlying Istanbul districts of Çatalca and Silivri. Çerkezköy is an industrial area ...
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**54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...
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**55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Süloğlu
Süloğlu (Greek: Ασβεστοχώρι ''Asvestochṓri''Greek exonyms; from the National Census of Greek Kingdom 1920-1921) is a district of Edirne Province of Turkey. The population was 3,394 in 2010. The mayor is Mehmet Ormankıran ( CHP).
Hi ...
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**65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Lüleburgaz
Lüleburgaz (, Modern Greek: Λουλέ Μπουργκάς ''Lule Burgas'', Bulgarian: Люлебургаз ''Lyuleburgaz''), Bergoulion (Ancient Greek: Βεργούλιον) or Arcadiopolis (Ancient Greek: Αρκαδιόυπολις ''Arkadiópol ...
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**Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion (Ulaş)
**105th Artillery Regiment (Çorlu)
**Corps Engineer Combat Regiment (Pınarhisar
Pınarhisar, ancient Brysis (Βρύσις in Ancient Greek), is a large town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Mustafa Cingöz ( CHP). The population is 10,463 as of 2010.
The town was a part of th ...
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* 15th Infantry Division (Köseköy, İzmit
İzmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia.
As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the c ...
)
*4th Army Aviation Regiment ( Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base)
See also
* List of Commanders of the First Army of TurkeyReferences