The 2nd Corps (Turkish: 2. Kolordu) is a
field corps of the Turkish Army. It is headquartered at
Gelibolu in
Çanakkale Province. 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)
**
4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
The 4th Mechanised Infantry Brigade () is a brigade of the Turkish Army based in the Marmara Region at the town of Keşan in Edirne Province. It is part of the Army's 2nd Corps based at Gelibolu in Çanakkale Province, in the General Fevzi Men ...
(
Keşan)
**
8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (
Tekirdağ)
**18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (
Gelibolu)
**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 (
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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