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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2nd Corps of Turkey canonical 1

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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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1st Army of Turkey controls 2nd Corps of Turkey