List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008 explained

This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.^[1]

A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.

The IISS and the Turkish Army's website gave differing figures as to the number of formations in the Army. In 2007 the official site gave totals of 9 Army Corps, 1 Infantry Division, 2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Training Division, 11 Infantry / Motorized Infantry Brigades, 16 Mechanized Infantry Brigades, 9 Armored Brigades, 5 Para-Commando Brigades, 1 Army Aviation Brigade, 2 Artillery Brigades, 5 Training Brigades and one Humanitarian Aid Brigade.^[2]

First Army

First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul

2nd Corps

2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne

• 4th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Keşan, Edirne)
• 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Ortaköy, Çanakkale)
• 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Edirne)
• 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Suloğlu, Edirne)
• 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Lüleburgaz, Kirklareli)
• 102nd Artillery Regiment (Keşan, Edirne)

3rd Corps

3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)

• 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımkoy)^[3]
  • 1st Armoured Bde (Hadımkoy/ Istanbul)
  • 2nd Armoured Bde (Kartal/Istanbul)
  • 66th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Hasdal/Istanbul)

5th Corps

5th Corps is based in Çorlu/ Tekirdağ

• 3rd Armoured Brigade (Turkey) (Çerkezköy/ Tekirdağ)
• 95th Armored Bde (Malkara/Tekirdağ)
• 8th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Tekirdağ)
• 105th Artillery Regiment

Second Army

Second Army is based in Malatya

6th Corps

6th Corps is based in Adana

• 5th Armored Bde (Gaziantep)
• 39th Mech.Inf.Bde (İskenderun/Hatay)
• 106th Artillery Regiment

7th Corps

7th Corps is based in Diyarbakır

• 3rd Таctical Infantry Divisional HQ (Yüksekova/Hakkari)^[4]
  • 10th Motorized Infantry Bde (Tatvan/Bitlis)
  • 16th Mech.Inf.Bde (Bilgekışla/ Diyarbakır)
  • 70th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Kızıltepe/Mardin)
  • 6th Motorized Infantry Bde (Akçay/Şırnak)
  • 23rd Internal Security Bde (Silopi/ Sirnak)
• 107th Artillery Regiment
• 2nd SF Regt (Mardin)

8th Corps

8th Corps is based in Elazığ

• 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
• 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid-2008 to Silopi^[5])
• 108th Artillery Regiment

1st Commando Bde

1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).

3rd Commando Bde

Based in (Siirt)

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)

Third Army

Third Army is based in (Erzincan)

4th Corps

4th Corps is based in (Ankara)

• 28th Mech.Inf.Bde (Mamak/Ankara)
• 1st Motorized Infantry Bde (Sakarya)
• 58th Artillery Bde (Polatlı/Ankara)
• Training Division/Armour School (Etimesgut/Ankara)

9th Corps

9th Corps is based in Erzurum.

• 4th Armored Bde (Palandöken/Erzurum)
• 1st Mechanized Infantry Bde (Doğubeyazıt/Ağrı)
• 12th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ağrı)
• 14th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Кars)
• 25th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Ardahan)
• 2nd Motorized Infantry Bde (Rize)
• 9th Motorized Infantry Bde (Sarıkamış)
• 34th Internal Security Bde (Patnos/Ağrı)
• 48th Internal Security Bde (Trabzon)
• 49th Internal Security Bde (Bingöl)
• 51st Internal Security Bde (Hozat/Tunceli)
• 59th Training Artillery Bde (Erzincan)
• 109th Artillery Regt

2nd Commando Bde

Based in Bolu

4th Commando Bde

Based in Tunceli

Aegean Army

Based in Izmir

11th Special Forces Bde

Based in Denizli

7th Special Forces Bde

Based in Sakarya

2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde

Based in Bornova/İzmir

19th Motorized Infantry Bde

Based in Edremit/Balıkesir

1st Infantry Bde

Based in Manisa

57th Artillery Bde

Based in İzmir

Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment

Based in Muğla

Plus

3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade

Based in Foca

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force/11th Corps

• 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) (Asya)
• 28th Mechanized Infantry Div (Gazimağusa)
• 39th Mechanized Infantry Div (Based in Güzelyurt)
• Cyprus Special Forces Regiment

References

1. Web site: Turkey - Army - Order of Battle.
2. Web site: Force Structure . 2007-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011025534/http://www.tsk.mil.tr/eng/genel_konular/kuvvetyapisi.htm . 2007-10-11 . dead .
3. KKK '52 Armored Division' Hadimkoy – Web site: Yorum Yapı . 2008-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070703054439/http://www.yorumyapi.com/eng/gsuygulama.htm . 2007-07-03 .
4. Turkish Daily News, President calls for national unity, Thursday, September 13, 2007
5. Web site: FLAŞ: 172. Zırhlı Tugay Silopi'ye taşınıyor!.

• Source http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5685.html
• , accessed 7 July 2008
• https://www.bulurum.com/details/map/1kac61b4ahc40id7cacj1g5_6i2g1a32 - 6th Infantry Division

Further reading

• Chapter 5, 'Turkish Armed Forces' in Umit Cizre (ed.), 'Democratic Oversight and Reform of the Security Sector in Turkey,' LIT/DCAF 2008, .