Turkish military unit
Military unit
The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division is an
infantry
formation of the
Turkish Land Forces.
In 1941 it was part of XVII Corps at
Maras.
[1] It was deployed from the mainland to
Cyprus for the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, under Major General Bedrettin Demirel. On landing it immediately became involved in the
Battle of Pentemili beachhead.
Since the 1970s it has formed part of 11th Corps/
Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces.
Necdet Ozel commanded the division from 1999 for two-three years.
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1st Army | |
2nd Corps |
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4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 95th Armored Brigade
- 102nd Artillery Regiment
- Corps Engineer Combat Regiment
- 5th Commando Regiment
- 41st Commando Brigade
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3rd Corps |
- 52nd Tactical Armored Division
- 2nd Armored Brigade
- 66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 23rd Tactical Motorized Infantry Division
- 47th Motorized Infantry Regiment
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5th Corps |
- 1st Armored Brigade
- 3rd Armored Brigade
- 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion
- 105th Artillery Regiment
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2nd Army | |
4th Corps | |
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6th Corps |
- 5th Armored Brigade
- 20th Armored Brigade
- 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 106th Artillery Regiment
- 6th Mechanized Infantry Division
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7th Corps | |
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3rd Army | |
8th Corps |
- 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 51st Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 49th Commando Brigade
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4th Commando Brigade
- 108th Artillery Regiment
- 17th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 225th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 7th Commando Brigade
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9th Corps |
- 9th Tactical Infantry Division
- 4th Armored Brigade
- 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 25th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
- 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 25th Border Brigade
- 17th Commando Brigade
- 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 109th Artillery Regiment
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9th Commando Brigade
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Aegean Army |
Cyprus
Turkish
Peace Force | |
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| Direct Command |
- 57th Artillery Training Brigade
- 19th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 5th Army Aviation School Command
- 2nd Infantry Regiment
- Commando Training School Command
- 3rd Infantry Training Brigade
- 1st Infantry Training Brigade
- 11th Commando Brigade
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References
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^ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (Turkish)
External links
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