Military unit
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 .
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 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). 1st Army Command building 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] )
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 In June 1941, the First Army was organized as follows:[2]
First Army HQ (Istanbul , Commander: Fahrettin Altay )
Thrace Area Çatalca Area Istanbul and Bosporus AreaIstanbul Command Bosporus Fortified Area Command
Order of Battle, late 1980s I Corps Commander Colonel İzzettin during military inspection in Afyon Karacaören in the Summer of 1922 In the late 1980s it comprised four corps:[3]
Order of Battle, 2010 As of November 2000, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division Command (3. Mekanize Piyade Tümen Komutanlığı ) existed.[4] Also reported during at ceremony in October 2005 at Edirne .[5]
Structure of 1st Army (Turkish Army) 2nd Corps (Gelibolu , Çanakkale )[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) 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 )
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References ^ 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 Turkish) ^ Nigel Thomas's NATO Armies 1949–87, published in 1988. ^ https://kararlar.uyusmazlik.gov.tr/Karar/Content/15a4adf8-54a5-410f-a197-af5991a196e3?excludeGerekce=False&wordsOnly=False [bare URL ] ^ "Hacı İlbey'in muhteşem zaferi".