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2nd Corps (Turkey)

2nd Corps (Turkey)

Military unit

The 2nd Corps (Turkish: 2. Kolordu) is a field corps of the Turkish Army. It is headquartered at Gelibolu in Çanakkale Province. In 2013 it appeared to be under command of Major General Mustafa Oğuz.[1]

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In 1941, it appears to have been part of the Second Army's Dardanelles and Marmara Area, and had its headquarters at Gelibolu with the 4th Infantry Division, the 69th Infantry Division, the 32nd Infantry Division, the 66th Infantry Division, and the 72nd Infantry Brigade.

In 1943, Nuri Yamut, a career Artillery officer, was appointed to the 2nd Corps Command in Gallipoli.[2]

It is a part of the First Army of Turkish Armed Forces (Turkey).[3]

In 1995–96, Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu reported that the corps consisted of the:[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vali Ahmet Çınar 2. Kolordu Komutanı Korgeneral Yıldırım Güvenç'i Ziyaret Etti". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  2. [2]
    "Gizli kahraman Nuri Yamut Paşa" (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. 15 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    British Military Attache's Annual Report on the Turkish Army, Annex A to DA/48, dated 30 March 1974, FCO 9/2127 via Public Record Office, Kew
  4. [4]
    Diagram 4, 'First Army' in Chapter 5, 'Turkish Armed Forces' Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine in Umit Cizre (ed.), 'Democratic Oversight and Reform of the Security Sector in Turkey,' Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine LIT/DCAF 2008, ISBN 978-3-0858-0969-0.


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