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Second Army
ActiveNovember 1921-June 1923
October 1923-present
CountryTurkey
TypeField Army
Size120,000
Part ofTurkish Army
Garrison/HQMalatya
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander		Gen. Metin Tokel [tr]
Notable
commanders		Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1921-1923)
Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1923-1924)
Fahrettin Altay (1924-1933)
İzzettin Çalışlar (1933-1939)
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman (1939-1944)
İsmail Metin Temel (2016-2018)

The Second Army (Turkish: 2. Ordu) of the Turkish Army has headquarters in Malatya. It protects Anatolia and it patrols the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran. Modern Turkish corps are referred to in TGS literature in Ottoman Turkish (1st) numerals. It is not clear when the change occurred. An arbitrary date of 1945 has been chosen as the point at which to start referring to corps in Ottoman Turkish numerals.

History

Destroyed old headquarters building, Konya

The former headquarters of the 2nd Army, which was transferred from Konya to Malatya in 1983, was in Konya.[1]

Formations

Order of battle, August 30, 1922

On August 30, 1922, the Second Army was organized as follows:

Second Army HG (Commander: Yakup Şevki Subaşı, Chief of Staff: Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet)

Order of Battle, 1941

Main article: Turkish Army order of battle in 1941

In June 1941, the Second Army was organized as follows:[2]

Second Army HQ (Balıkesir, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman)

The 1970s and operation of Cyprus

From August 1970-August 1972 Semih Sancar commanded 2nd Army Command.

The ground forces detailed for the operation were put under the command of the 6th Corps/Second Army. They included the "Cakmak Special Strike Force", a brigade level unit which would conduct the amphibious landing, the Commando brigade, the Parachute brigade, the 39th infantry division, the 28th motorised infantry division and elements of the 5th armoured brigade and the Jandarma. About 6,000 Turkish-Cypriot fighters were stationed inside the Gönyeli enclave.[3]

Order of Battle, 2010

Şükrü Sarıışık commanded 2004-06. From 30 August 2006 - 30 August 2008 General Hasan Iğsız commanded 2nd Army. General Necdet Özel commanded the army in 2008-2010.

Estimated order of battle includes:[citation needed]

Reported order of battle, 2012, during Syrian uprising

Structure of 2nd Army

The 2nd Army Command, headquartered in Malatya, has the second-highest number of troops after the Istanbul-based 1st Army Command, comprising roughly 100,000 soldiers. It is under the control of the Commander of the Land Forces, and includes these affiliated units:[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "The Former Headquarters of the 2nd Army is Crumbling" (in Turkish). MalatyaHaber.com.
  2. ^ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Απόφαση - Απόβαση, Μεχμέτ Αλί Μπιράντ, Εκδόσεις Ιωάννης Φλώρος, Athens 1984, page 52 (Greek translation of the Turkish original: "30 sicak gün", Birand Mehmet Ali, Millyet, Istanbul 1976)
  4. ^ a b Army sends more guns, soldiers, to borderline, Hürriyet, August 17, 2012
  5. ^ President calls for national unity Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Turkish Daily News, Thursday, September 13, 2007
  6. ^ Unification of Culture and Tourism Ministries constitutional One soldier killed, three injured in terrorist attack Minister Cicek says Turkey's credit[permanent dead link], Turkish Daily News, October 17, 2003.
  7. ^ TSK düğmeye bastı

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Army of the Government of the Grand National Assembly during the Turkish War of Independence
Turkish Army during World War II
Turkish Army Formations
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