First Army (Turkey)

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This article is about a field army of the Republic of Turkey. For a field army of the Ottoman Empire, see First Army (Ottoman Empire).
First Army
Turkish First Army 18 January 1923.jpg
Turkish commanders visited the headquarters of the First Army, 18 January 1923. From left to right: Vehbi Bey (Kocagüney), Nurettin Pasha, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk), Kâzım Karabekir Pasha, Mareşal Fevzi Pasha (Çakmak), Asım Bey (Gündüz).
Active November 1921-June 1923
October 1923-present
Country Turkey
Size 120.000 men Field Army
Part of Turkish Army
Garrison/HQ Selimiye, Istanbul
Patron Citizens of the Republic of Turkey
Commanders
Current
commander		 General Salih Zeki Çolak
Notable
commanders		 Ali İhsan Pasha (1921-1922)
Nureddin Pasha (1922–1923)
Kâzım Karabekir Pasha (1923–1924)
Ali Sait Pasha (1924–1933)
Fahrettin Altay (1933–1943)
Cemil Cahit Toydemir (1943–1946)
Salih Omurtak (1946)
Nuri Yamut (1946–1949)

The First Army of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Birinci Ordu) is one of the four field armies of the Turkish Army. Its headquarters is located at Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul. It guards the sensitive borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria, including the straits Bosporus and Dardanelles. The First Army is stationed in East Thrace.

Formations

Order of Battle, 30 August 1922

On 30 August 1922, the First Army was organized as follows:

First Army HQ (Commander: Mirliva Nureddin Pasha, Chief of Staff: Miralay Mehmet Emin Bey[1])

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Commanders after the War of Independence: From left to right: Mirliva Âsım (Gündüz), Mirliva Ali Hikmet (Ayerdem), Ferik Ali Sait (Akbaytogan), Mirliva Şükrü Naili (Gökberk), Mirliva Kazım (İnanç), Ferik Fahrettin (Altay), Mirliva Kemalettin Sami (Gökçen), Mirliva Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez), Mirliva İzzettin (Çalışlar)

Order of Battle, 1941

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Main article: Turkish Army order of battle in 1941

In June 1941, the First Army was organized as follows:[2]

First Army HQ (Istanbul, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)

Order of Battle, 1974

In 1974 it consisted of four corps:[3]

Order of Battle, 2010[citation needed]

  • 3rd Corps (NATO Rapid Deployment Corps, Şişli, Istanbul)
    • 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımköy, Istanbul)
    • 2nd Armored Brigade (Kartal)
    • 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)

References

  1. ↑ Kocatepe Zafer Yürüyüşü, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University
  2. ↑ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (Turkish)
  3. ↑ British Military Attache's Annual Report on the Turkish Army, Annex A to DA/48, dated 30 March 1974, FCO 9/2127 via Public Record Office, Kew

See also

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