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First Army (Turkey)

Field	Value
unit_name	First Army
image	First Army Com. of Turkey.png
image_size	200px
dates	November 1921 – June 1923
October 1923–present
country	Turkey
size	120,000 men Field Army
command_structure	Turkish Army
garrison	Selimiye, Istanbul
patron	Citizens of the Republic of Turkey
current_commander	General Ali Sivri
commander2	Brigadier General Faruk Metin
commander2_label	Chief of Staff
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)

a field army of the [Turkey

October 1923–present [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 () 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.

History

Ali İhsan Sabis is the first commander of the 1st Army, which has been operating since the Ottoman Empire. The 1st army depends on the Turkish Land Forces. The army is responsible for the Thrace region, the straits and the safety of Istanbul. Is commanded by a 4 star general. Under normal circumstances, the second duty of the Turkish Chief of General Staff is the next task. From 1983 to the present day, it was the first place where all the chiefs of the general staff served.

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)

Army reserve

3rd Cavalry Division (İbrahim Bey)
6th Infantry Division (Nazmi Bey)
I Corps (İzzettin Bey)
- 57th Infantry Division (Reşat Bey)
- 14th Infantry Division (Ethem Necdet Bey)
- 15th Infantry Division (Ahmet Naci Bey)
- 23rd Infantry Division (Ömer Halis Bey)
VI Corps (Kemalettin Sami Bey)
- 11th Infantry Division (Ahmet Bey)
- 12th Infantry Division (Osman Nuri Bey)
- 5th Caucasian Infantry Division (Dadaylı Halit Bey)
- 8th Infantry Division (Kâzım Bey)
II Corps (Ali Hikmet Bey)
- 7th Infantry Division (Ahmet Naci Bey)
- 4th Infantry Division (Mehmet Sabri Bey)
- 3rd Caucasian Infantry Division (Mehmet Kâzım Bey)
V Cavalry Corps (Fahrettin Bey)
- 1st Cavalry Division (Mürsel Bey)
- 2nd Cavalry Division (Ahmet Zeki Bey)
- 14th Cavalry Division (Mehmet Suphi Bey)

Order of Battle, 1941

Main article: Turkish Army order of battle in 1941

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

First Army HQ (Istanbul, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)

Thrace Area
- X Corps (Kırklareli)
Çatalca Area
- XX Corps
- IV Corps (Çatalca)
- Çatalca Fortified Area Command
- 3rd Corps (Çorlu)
Istanbul and Bosporus Area
- Istanbul Command
- Bosporus Fortified Area Command

Order of Battle, late 1980s

In the late 1980s it comprised four corps:

2nd Corps (Gelibolu)
3rd Corps (Istanbul)
5th Corps (Çorlu)
15th Corps (Köseköy, İzmit)

Order of Battle, 2010

As of November 2000, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division Command (3. Mekanize Piyade Tümen Komutanlığı) existed. Also reported during a ceremony in October 2005 at Edirne.

15th Army Corps was established on April 8, 1915 at the Kalvert Farm in Çanakkale and was first commanded by German Brigadier General Weber, achieving success in the Gallipoli Campaign. A total of 49 commanders, two of whom were colonels and 47 generals, served in the Corps from 1915 to 2005, which was deployed in Izmit in 1958. Lieutenant General Zafer Özkan, the last commander of the 15th Corps, retired after serving for two years in August 2005. At that time, the corps was converted to the level of a division. Major General Cihangir Akşit, who previously served as the Head of the Training Department of the General Staff was appointed as the Commander of the 15th Infantry Division, taking over from General Özkan.

2nd Corps (Gelibolu, Çanakkale)
- 4th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Keşan)
- 8th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Tekirdağ)
- 18th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Çanakkale)
- 95th Armored Brigade (Malkara)
- 102nd Artillery Regiment (Uzunköprü)
- Corps Engineer Combat Regiment (Gelibolu)
3rd Corps (NATO Rapid Deployment Corps, Şişli, Istanbul)
- 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımköy, Istanbul)
- 2nd Armored Brigade (Kartal)
- 66th Mechanized Infantry Division – Tekirdağ Province
- 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)
5th Corps (Çorlu, Tekirdağ)
- 1st Armored Brigade (Babaeski)
- 3rd Armored Brigade (Çerkezköy)
- 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Edirne)
- 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Süloğlu)
- 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Lüleburgaz)
- Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion (Ulaş)
- 105th Artillery Regiment (Çorlu)
- Corps Engineer Combat Regiment (Pınarhisar)
15th Infantry Division (Köseköy, İzmit)
4th Army Aviation Regiment (Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base)

Commanders

Main article: List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070526133250/http://www.zafer.aku.edu.tr/komutan1.htm Kocatepe Zafer Yürüyüşü], Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University
Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939–1941) Türk Ordusu", ''Tarih ve Toplum'', S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. {{in lang. tr
Nigel Thomas's ''NATO Armies 1949–87,'' published in 1988.
(August 2024)
"Hacı İlbey'in muhteşem zaferi".
(August 17, 2005). "15'nci Kolordu Artık Tümen". Özgür Kocaeli.

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