First Army (Turkey)

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The First Army of the Republic of Turkey (Template:Langx) 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

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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).
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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<ref name="Zafer">Kocatepe Zafer Yürüyüşü, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University</ref>)

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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

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In June 1941, the First Army was organized as follows:<ref>Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939–1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. Template:In lang</ref>

First Army HQ (Istanbul, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)

Order of Battle, late 1980s

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I Corps Commander Colonel İzzettin during military inspection in Afyon Karacaören in the Summer of 1922

In the late 1980s it comprised four corps:<ref>Nigel Thomas's NATO Armies 1949–87, published in 1988.</ref>

Order of Battle, 2010

As of November 2000, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division Command (3. Mekanize Piyade Tümen Komutanlığı) existed.<ref>https://kararlar.uyusmazlik.gov.tr/Karar/Content/15a4adf8-54a5-410f-a197-af5991a196e3?excludeGerekce=False&wordsOnly=False Template:Bare URL inline</ref> Also reported during a ceremony in October 2005 at Edirne.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Ozgurkocaeli">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

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Structure of 1st Army (Turkish Army)

Commanders

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See also

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References

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