This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.[1]
A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.
The IISS and the Turkish Army's website gave differing figures as to the number of formations in the Army. In 2007 the official site gave totals of 9 Army Corps, 1 Infantry Division, 2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Training Division, 11 Infantry / Motorized Infantry Brigades, 16 Mechanized Infantry Brigades, 9 Armored Brigades, 5 Para-Commando Brigades, 1 Army Aviation Brigade, 2 Artillery Brigades, 5 Training Brigades and one Humanitarian Aid Brigade.[2]
Turkish Army corps locations
Key: 2nd (1) – 2nd Corps, 1st Army
First Army
First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul
2nd Corps
2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne
3rd Corps
3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)
- 52nd Tactical Armored Division (Hadımkoy)[3]
- 1st Armoured Bde (Hadımkoy/ Istanbul)
- 2nd Armoured Bde (Kartal/Istanbul)
- 66th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Hasdal/Istanbul)
5th Corps
5th Corps is based in Çorlu/ Tekirdağ
- 3rd Armoured Brigade (Turkey) (Çerkezköy/ Tekirdağ)
- 95th Armored Bde (Malkara/Tekirdağ)
- 8th Mechanized Infantry Bde (Tekirdağ)
- 105th Artillery Regiment
Second Army
Second Army is based in Malatya
6th Corps
6th Corps is based in Adana
7th Corps
7th Corps is based in Diyarbakır
- 3rd Таctical Infantry Divisional HQ (Yüksekova/Hakkari)[4]
- 107th Artillery Regiment
- 2nd SF Regt (Mardin)
8th Corps
8th Corps is based in Elazığ
- 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
- 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid-2008 to Silopi[5])
- 108th Artillery Regiment
1st Commando Bde
1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).
3rd Commando Bde
Based in (Siirt)
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde
Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)
Third Army
Third Army is based in (Erzincan)
4th Corps
4th Corps is based in (Ankara)
9th Corps
9th Corps is based in Erzurum.
2nd Commando Bde
Based in Bolu
4th Commando Bde
Based in Tunceli
Based in Izmir
11th Special Forces Bde
Based in Denizli
7th Special Forces Bde
Based in Sakarya
2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde
Based in Bornova/İzmir
19th Motorized Infantry Bde
Based in Edremit/Balıkesir
1st Infantry Bde
Based in Manisa
57th Artillery Bde
Based in İzmir
Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment
Based in Muğla
Plus
3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade
Based in Foca
