The 2nd Corps (Turkish: 2. Kolordu) is a
field corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
of the Turkish Army. It is headquartered at
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 ...
in
Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale.
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) and an Asian (Anatolia) part. The Eu ...
. It appears to be under command of Major General
Mustafa Oğuz.
In 1941, it appears to have been part of the Second Army's Dardanelles and Marmara Area, and had its headquarters at Gelibolu with the
4th Infantry Division, the
69th Infantry Division, the
32nd Infantry Division, the
66th Infantry Division, and the
72nd Infantry Brigade.
In 1974, it was part of the
First Army (Turkey).
In 1995–96, Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu reported that the corps consisted of the:
[Diagram 4, 'First Army' i]
Chapter 5, 'Turkish Armed Forces'
i
Umit Cizre (ed.), 'Democratic Oversight and Reform of the Security Sector in Turkey,'
LIT/DCAF 2008, .
*Corps Headquarters (
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 ...
)
**
4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (
Keşan)
**
8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
(
Tekirdağ)
**18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (
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 ...
)
**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 ...
)
**5th Commando
Regiment
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In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...
(
Imbros )
**41st Commando Brigade (
Vize
Vize ( el, Βιζύη, bg, Виза) is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The district governor is Elif Canan Tuncer, and the mayor is Ercan Özalp ( CHP). According to the Turkish Statistical Institu ...
)
References
Corps of Turkey
Military in Çanakkale
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