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1st Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
The 1st Infantry Division was among the Ottoman Army's several divisions formed during the period of the Great War.
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| 1st Infantry Division |
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| Staff of the 1st Infantry Division |
| 1915 – 13 November 1918 |
| Ottoman Empire |
| Ottoman Army |
| Infantry |
| World War I |
| Gallipoli Campaign |
| Caucasus Campaign |
| Sinai and Palestine Campaign |
| Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (1 December 1914 – 20 September 1916)Hans Guhr (1 October 1916 – 20 October 1918)Hulusi Bey (20 October 1918 – ? ) |
The 1st Infantry Division was among the Ottoman Army's several divisions formed during the period of the Great War.
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Zığındere, Gallipoli; Commander: Cafer Tayyar, December 1914 – 10 January 1916, 1st Army – I Corps
- 70th Infantry Regiment
- 71st Infantry Regiment
- 124th Infantry Regiment
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Göynük, Van; Commander: Hans Guhr, Assigned to 2nd Army – 3rd Corps
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Cifna, Palestine; Commander: Hans Guhr (Under 7th Army – 3rd Corps)
- 70th Infantry Regiment
- 71st Infantry Regiment
- 124th Infantry Regiment
- Five Batteries from the 1st Field Artillery Regiment
- One Battery from the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment
- Four Companies from the 1st Engineer Battalion
- One Troop from the 5th Cavalry Regiment
- The 2nd Medical Company along with the 4th and 9th Field Hospitals
- 6th Field Bakery Detachment
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Aleppo, Commander: Colonel Hulusi Bey, 20 October 1918, 7th Army – 3rd Corps
- 70th Infantry Regiment
- 109th Infantry Regiment
- 111th Infantry Regiment
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Erickson, Edward J. (2001). Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Contributions in Military Studies, no. 201. Foreword by General Hüseyin Kivrikoğlu. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. xxiv, 265. ISBN 0-313-31516-7. ISSN 0883-6884.
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Guse, Felix (2007). Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda Kafkas Cephesi’ndeki Muharebeler (PDF) (in Turkish). Translated by Hakkı Akoğuz. Hazırlayan: Alev Keskin. Ankara: Genelkurmay Askeri Tarih ve Stratejik Etüt Başkanlığı Yayınları.
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Nedim, Şükrü Mahmut (1995). Filistin Savaşı (1914-1918) (PDF) (in Turkish). Translated by Abdullah Es. Ankara: Genelkurmay Askeri Tarih ve Stratejik Etüt Başkanlığı Yayınları. pp. 51–87.
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