The Amphibious Marine Brigade ( tr, Amfibi Deniz Piyade Tugayı), also known as Amphibious Commando ( tr, Amfibi Komando), is the
marine corps
Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...
unit of the
Turkish Naval Forces
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The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was establis ...
based in
Foça
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near
İzmir
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, three amphibious battalions, an
MBT battalion, an
artillery
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battalion, a support battalion and other company-sized units.
History
The modern history of Turkish Marine Brigade, under the command of the Turkish Amphibious Group, began in 1966 with the formation of Amphibious Marine Infantry Brigade Command's first Amphibious Landing Forces, constituting the 1st Marine Infantry Battalion, was formed with Vice Admiral Kemal KAYACAN's encouragement on 15 September 1966 at the Garrison of Golcük. The Forces Headquarters was established in Mersin in April 1971. The 2nd Amphibious Marine Infantry Battalion was founded in 1973, and the headquarters of the Amphibious Marine Infantry Regiment was constituted on 18 April 1974, completed prior to the Invasion of Cyprus.
The Amphibious Marine Infantry Regiment operated on July 20, 1974, during intervention to Cyprus by sea, secured the beachhead and contributed to significant success. Amphibious Marine Infantry Division also participated in the Second Peace Operation, with the success of given tasks fulfilled. Due to the success in Cyprus Peace Operation, on November 15, 1983, Chief of the General Staff awarded the Gold "Outstanding courage and Self-sacrifice" medal.
After the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the 3rd Naval Infantry Battalion, the Amphibious Support Battalion, was formed in 1979 in Izmir. This completed the organization of the unit at the regimental level. In 1980, the 3rd Amphibious Marine Infantry Battalion temporarily deployed to Mersin to complete martial law executive tasks. In the period 1985–1992 many domestic and overseas drills were conducted, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean deterrence tasks were performed successfully.
Gallery
File:Turkish troops.jpg, Turkish marine personnel on the Italian island of Sardinia during the Destined Glory 2005 (Loyal Midas) military exercise
File:Turkish navy sailors.jpg, Turkish marines aboard stand by to conduct maritime interdiction operations, as part of exercise Phoenix Express 2007
File:Turkish sailors in Phoenix Express 2009.jpg, Amphibious Marines perform fast-rope exercises from a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during exercise Phoenix Express in 2009
File:1000w q95 (2).jpg, Turkish Marines board an MV-22 Osprey
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on the flight deck of the while participating in Turkish-led and hosted amphibious exercise Exercise Egemen
File:Turkish_Marines_Motto.jpg, "Once a marine, always a marine" motto, at the entrance of an exercise area
See also
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List of Turkish Commando Brigades
References
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Turkey
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Turkish Naval Forces
Military units and formations established in 1966
Special forces of Turkey