The Yanya Corps or Independent Yanya Corps of the

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( tr, Yanya Kolordusu) was one of the major

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s under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in Yanya (present-day

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) area during the

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. Its commander was Esat Pasha. It fought the battles of Gribovo and

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against the Greek

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. Pushed back to the Yanya Fortified Area, it held out against two Greek assaults but was eventually defeated and capitulated at the

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in 4–6 March 1913.

Balkan wars

Order of battle, 19 October 1912

On 19 October 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. 170. Yanya Corps HQ (commander: Esad Pasha, chief of staff: Binbaşı Ali Fuad Bey, later: Kaymakam Turgut Bey) * 23rd Regular Infantry Division (commander: Djevat Pasha, since March 1913: Ali Fuad Bey) ** 67th Infantry Regiment (commander: Miralay Mehmed Ali Bey, later: Binbaşı Ismed Bey) ** 68th Infantry Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Arif Bey) ** 69th Infantry Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Necati Bey, later: Binbaşı Seyfeddin Bey) ** 23rd Artillery Regiment *Yanya Reserve Infantry Division (commander: Miralay Celal, since January 20, 1913: Kaymakam Bahattin Bey) ** Yanya Redif Regiment ** Ergiri Redif Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Djevdet Bey) ** Avlonya Redif Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Ali Vefa Bey, KIA on October 8, 1912) ** Yanya Brigade (commander: Miralay Hamdi Bey) *Yanya Fortified Area Command (commander: Kaymakam Vehib Bey, chief of staff: Binbaşı Mehmed Emin Bey, later: Yüzbaşı Yusuf Ziya Efendi, HQ officer: Teğmen Ismail Hakki Efendi) **Artillery Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Shukri Bey, later: Binbaşı Sari Emin Bey) **Engineers (commander: Binbaşı Rashid Bey)

Reinforcement

*19th Division (commander: Kaymakam Ahmed Faik Bey, 9 December 1912 – demolished on December 24, 1912) *21st Division (Mirliva Djavid Pasha (KIA on December 12, 1912, later: Miralay Sami Bey (demolished on December 24, 1912, chief of staff: Yüzbaşı Avni Efendi) **61st Infantry Regiment (commander: Miralay Sami Bey) **62nd Infantry Regiment (commander: Binbaşı Namik Bey) **63rd Infantry Regiment (commander: Binbaşı Shevki Bey) **Köprülü Redif Regiment and İştip Redif Regiment (commander: Mehmed Pasha) **Grebene Detachment (commander: Yüzbaşı

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Efendi) *13th Division (commander:

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, demolished on December 24, 1912, chief of staff: Yüzbaşı Osman Zati Efendi) **38th Infantry Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Saadeddin Bey) **39th Infantry Regiment (commander: Kaymakam Hasan Vasfi Bey) **13th Infantry Regiment (commander: Binbaşı Nejdeddin Bey) **Gendarmerie Battalion (commander: Binbaşı Abdülkerim Bey)

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