9th_Corps_(Turkey)

9th Corps (Turkey)

9th Corps (Turkey)

Turkish Land Forces field corps located in Erzurum as a part of Third Army


The 9th Corps, Turkish Land Forces, is a field corps. The corps headquarters is located in Erzurum, and the corps is part of the Third Army (Turkey). It is deployed along Turkey's eastern boundary.

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History

Nigel Thomas's NATO Armies 1949-87, published in 1987, attributed the 4th, 8th, and 9th Corps to the Third Army.[1]

  • Corps Headquarters (Erzurum)
    • 4th Armoured Brigade;
    • 9th Commando Brigade;
    • 7th, 14th, 25th Mechanised Infantry Brigades;
    • 25th Border Brigade (HQ Ardahan; 1st Battalion, Artvin; 2nd Battalion, Martyr Astsb. Tuncay Güneş Barracks in Çıldır / Ardahan; 3rd and 4th Battalions at Kars),[2]
    • 48th, 51st Internal Security Brigades;
    • 5th Infantry Rec Brigade;
    • 15th Rec Train; Field Medical Rec,
    • 17th Commando Brigade[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
  • 109th Artillery Regiment (Erzurum)[11]

References

  1. Nigel Thomas (1987). NATO Armies 1949-87 (First ed.). Osprey Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-0850458220.
  2. "25'inci Hudut Tugay Komutanlığı - Ardahan". Askeri Birlikler (in Turkish). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-11-27.; "Vali Hüseyin Öner, 25. Hudut Tugay Komutanına İade-i Ziyarette Bulundu.(01.07.2020)". www.ardahan.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-11-27.; "ARDAHAN 25. HUDUT TUGAY KOMUTANI TUĞGENERAL KIRIŞ, ARTVİN'DE". www.artvin.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. "ilan.gov.tr - Türkiye'nin İlan Portalı". www.ilan.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  4. "TSK'ya dört yeni komando tugayı". odatv (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  5. "Komando birliği sayısı 12'den 16'ya çıkarıldı: Dört yeni komando tugayı". soL Haber Portalı (in Turkish). 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  6. DHA. "Komando birliği sayısı 12'den 16'ya çıkarıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-27.

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