The XII Corps of the

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( Turkish: ''12 nci Kolordu'' ''or'' ''On İkinci Kolordu'') was one of the

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of the

Ottoman Army The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. Army The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...

. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

Formation

Order of battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the XI Corps was headquartered in Musul. The Corps before the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

in 1911 was structured as such: *XII Corps, Musul ** 35th Infantry Division, Musul ***103rd Infantry Regiment, Revandiz ***104th Infantry Regiment, Musul ***105th Infantry Regiment, Musul ***35th Rifle Battalion, Musul ***35th Field Artillery Regiment, Musul ***35th Division Band, Musul ** 36th Infantry Division, Kerkük ***106th Infantry Regiment, Kerkük ***107th Infantry Regiment, Kerkük ***108th Infantry Regiment, Süleymaniye ***36th Rifle Battalion, Kerkük ***36th Division Band, Kerkük *Units of XII Corps *13th Cavalry Brigade, Kerkük **33rd Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük **34th Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük **35th Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük *Border companies x 8

World War I

Order of battle, August 1914

In August 1914, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 38. *XII Corps (Mesopotamia) ** 35th Division, 36th Division

Order of battle, November 1914

In November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 43. *XII Corps (Syria) **35th Division, 36th Division

Order of battle, late April 1915

In late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 86. *XII Corps (Syria) ** 38th Division

Order of battle, late summer 1915, January 1916

In late summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 109, 126. *XII Corps (Syria-Palestine) ** 41st Division, 42nd Division, 46th Division

Order of battle, August 1916, December 1916

In August 1916, December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 134, 154. *XII Corps (Syria-Palestine) **41st Division, 42nd Division, 43rd Division, 46th Division

Order of battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 170. *XII Corps (Syria-Palestine) ** 3rd Division, 7th Division, 53rd Division

Order of battle, January 1918

In January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 181. *XII Corps (Syria) **3rd Division, 7th Division, 20th Division

Order of battle, June 1918

In June 1918, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 188. *XII Corps (Palestine) **3rd Division, 7th Division, 20th Division

Order of battle, September 1918

In September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 197. *XII Corps (Anatolia) ** 23rd Division

After Mudros

Order of battle, November 1918

In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 202. *XII Corps (Syria) ** 23rd Division

Order of battle, January 1919

In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 209.Zekeriya Türkmen, ''Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920)'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, , p. 326. *XII Corps (Anatolia,

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) ** 11th Division ( Niğde) ***12th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Regiment, 127th Infantry Regiment ** 41st Division (

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) ***131st Infantry Regiment, 132nd Infantry Regiment, 139th Infantry Regiment **7th Cavalry Regiment **20th Cavalry Regiment

Sources

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