title: Turkish Army order of battle in 1941
text: # Turkish Army order of battle in 1941
  
  This is the order of battle of the Turkish Army in June 1941. The formation named 941-A Seferî Kuruluş was as follows:
  
  First Army (Istanbul, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)
  
  * Thrace Area
     * X Corps (Kırklareli)
        * 46th Infantry Division
        * K.Gr.
     * 2nd Cavalry Division (elements reported at Lüleburgaz in 1935)
     * Independent Armored Brigade
     * 26th Infantry Brigade
     * Kırklareli Brigade
  * Çatalca Area
     * XX Corps
        * 23rd Infantry Division
        * 24th Infantry Division
        * 33rd Infantry Division
        * 52nd Infantry Division
     * IV Corps (Çatalca)
        * 8th Infantry Division
        * 22nd Infantry Division
        * 28th Infantry Division
        * 64th Infantry Division
     * Çatalca Fortified Area Command
     * III Corps (Çorlu)
        * 1st Infantry Division
        * 61st Infantry Division
        * 46th Infantry Division
        * 62nd Infantry Division
  * Istanbul and Bosporus Area
     * Istanbul Command
        * 11th Infantry Division
     * Bosporus Fortified Area Command
  
  Second Army (Balıkesir, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman)
  
  * Dardanelles and Marmara Area
     * II Corps (Gelibolu)
        * 4th Infantry Division
        * 69th Infantry Division
        * 32nd Infantry Division
        * 66th Infantry Division
        * 72nd Infantry Brigade
     * Demirkapı Fortified Area Command
     * I Corps (Çanakkale)
        * 16th Infantry Division
        * 57th Infantry Division
     * Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
     * V Corps (Bursa)
        * 5th Infantry Division
        * 6th Infantry Division
        * 25th Infantry Division
  * Aegean and Mediterranean coasts
     * XII Corps (İzmir) (1945 Gen. Nuri Berköz took command)
        * 70th Infantry Division
        * 71st Infantry Division
        * 63rd Infantry Division
     * İzmir Fortified Area Command
     * Antalya Brigade
  
  Third Army (Erzincan, Commander: Kâzım Orbay)
  
  Under the direct control of the General Staff (Ankara, Fevzi Çakmak)
  
  * Kocaeli Area
     * VI Corps (Kocaeli)
        * 7th Infantry Division
        * 41st Infantry Division
        * 17th Infantry Division
  * Syrian Border
     * XVII Corps (Maraş)
        * 20th Infantry Division
        * 39th Infantry Division
        * 14th Cavalry Division
        * 68th Infantry Brigade
  
  ## Sources
  
  * ↑ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (in Turkish)
  * ↑ Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8, p 108.
  