| Unit Name: | Second Army |
| Dates: | November 1921-June 1923 October 1923-present |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Type: | Field Army |
| Size: | 120,000 |
| Command Structure: | Turkish Army |
| Garrison: | Malatya |
| Battles: | |
| Current Commander: | Gen. |
| Notable Commanders: | Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1921-1923) Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1923-1924) Fahrettin Altay (1924-1933) İzzettin Çalışlar (1933-1939) Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman (1939-1944) İsmail Metin Temel (2016-2018) |
The Second Army (Turkish: 2. Ordu) of the Turkish Army has headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran. Modern Turkish corps are referred to in TGS literature in Ottoman Turkish (1st) numerals. It is not clear when the change occurred.An arbitrary date of 1945 has been chosen as the point at which to start referring to corps in Ottoman Turkish numerals.
The former headquarters of the 2nd Army, which was transferred from Konya to Malatya in 1983, was in Konya.[1]
On August 30, 1922, the Second Army was organized as follows:
Second Army HG (Commander: Yakup Şevki Subaşı, Chief of Staff: Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet)
See main article: Turkish Army order of battle in 1941.
In June 1941, the Second Army was organized as follows:[2]
Second Army HQ (Balıkesir, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman)
From August 1970-August 1972 Semih Sancar commanded 2nd Army Command.
The ground forces detailed for the operation were put under the command of the 6th Corps/Second Army. They included the "Cakmak Special Strike Force", a brigade level unit which would conduct the amphibious landing, the Commando brigade, the Parachute brigade, the 39th infantry division, the 28th motorised infantry division and elements of the 5th armoured brigade and the Jandarma. About 6,000 Turkish-Cypriot fighters were stationed inside the Gönyeli enclave.[3]
Şükrü Sarıışık commanded 2004-06. From 30 August 2006 - 30 August 2008 General Hasan Iğsız commanded 2nd Army. General Necdet Özel commanded the army in 2008-2010.
Estimated order of battle includes:
The 2nd Army Command, headquartered in Malatya, has the second-highest number of troops after the Istanbul-based 1st Army Command, comprising roughly 100,000 soldiers. It is under the control of the Commander of the Land Forces, and includes these affiliated units:[7]