2nd Corps of Turkey

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The 2nd Corps of Turkey is a major field corps of the Turkish Land Forces responsible for the defense and security of the country’s European (Thrace) region.

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Label Occurrences
2nd Corps of Turkey canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf field corps ⓘ
formation of the Turkish Land Forces ⓘ
allegiance Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
commandStructure First Army of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: 1st Army of Turkey
conflictRole Cold War forward defense in Thrace ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
garrisonLocation Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
Gelibolu ⓘ
hasCapability armored and mechanized maneuver ⓘ
artillery support ⓘ
combined arms operations ⓘ
hasUnit 102nd Artillery Regiment ⓘ
18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ⓘ
4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ⓘ
54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ⓘ
55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ⓘ
Corps-level support units ⓘ
headquartersFunction operational command of subordinate brigades ⓘ
historicalRole NATO southeastern flank defense ⓘ
defense of the Straits region ⓘ
languageOfCommand Turkish ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Marmara Region ⓘ
Çanakkale Province ⓘ
militaryBranch Turkish Land Forces ⓘ
militarySpecialization conventional land warfare ⓘ
mechanized infantry operations ⓘ
notableAreaOfResponsibility Dardanelles region ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles

Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
operatesIn European Turkey ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
border region with Bulgaria ⓘ
border region with Greece ⓘ
partOf Turkish Armed Forces ⓘ
Turkish Land Forces ⓘ
primaryResponsibility defense of European Turkey ⓘ
security of Thrace region ⓘ
regionProtected European borders of Turkey ⓘ
western approaches to Istanbul ⓘ
role field corps ⓘ
task border security ⓘ
support to national and NATO operations ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
typeOfCommand operational-level land forces command ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Army of Turkey → controls → 2nd Corps of Turkey ⓘ