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Turkish II Corps
The II Corps of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''2 nci Kolordu'' ''or'' ''İkinci Kolordu'') was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. 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 II Corps was headquartered in Tekfur Dağı. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 372–373. *II Corps, Harbiye, Tekfur Dağı (Mirliva Şevket Turgut Pasha) ** 4th Infantry Division, Tekfur Dağı (Mirliva Hıfzı Pasha) ***10th Infantry Regiment, Tekfur Dağı ***11th Infantry Regiment, Tekfur Dağı ***12th Infantry Regiment, Hayrabolu ***4th Rifle Battalion, Tekfur Dağı ***4th Field Artillery Regiment, Tekfur Dağı ***4th Division Band, Tekfur Dağı ** 5th Infantry Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
In military terms, 4th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions *4th (Quetta) Division, British Indian Army * 4th Alpine Division Cuneense, Italy * 4th Blackshirt Division (3 January), Italy *4th Canadian Division * 4th Division (Australia) * 4th Division (Estonia) * 4th Division (German Empire) * 4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 4th Division (Iraq) * 4th Division (Japan) *4th Division (New Zealand) *4th Division (North Korea) * 4th Division (Norway), participated in the Norwegian Campaign * 4th Division (Reichswehr) * 4th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 4th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) *4th Infantry Division (Belgium), Belgian Army order of battle (1914) * 4th Infantry Division (Greece) *4th Infantry Division (India) * 4th Infantry Division (Philippines) * 4th Infantry Division (Poland) * 4th Infantry Division (Romania) * 4th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 4th Infantry Division (Thailand) *4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) *4th Infantry Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çanakkale
Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakkale District.İl Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 143,622 (2021). Çanakkale is the nearest major urban centre to the ancient city of , which (together with the ancient region of the Troad) is also located inside Çanakkale Province. The wooden horse from the 2004 film '' |
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command or Mediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command or Çanakkale Fortified Area Command ( Turkish: ''Bahr-i Sefîd Boğazı Mevki(i) Müstahkem Komutanlığı'' or ''Akdeniz Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı'' or ''Çanakkale Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı'' or ''Çanakkale Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı'') was the Ottoman fortified area command and was formed to defend against attacks on the Dardanelles from the Aegean Sea. Formations Order of battle, 1911 With reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the fortified area command was headquartered in Çanakkale, under the command of II Corps. The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command in 1911 was structured as such: Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Çanakkale *3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment *4th Heavy Artillery Regiment *5th Heavy Artillery Regiment *Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment *Torpedo Detachment *Mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as () and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" ( ), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world. Situated in southwestern Syria, Damascus is the center of a large metropolitan area. Nestled among the eastern foothills of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range inland from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean on a plateau above sea level, Damascus experiences an arid climate because of the rain shadow effect. The Barada, Barada River flows through Damascus. Damascus is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. First settled in the 3rd millennium BC, it was chosen as the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 750. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samos Island
Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greece, Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional units of Greece, regional unit of the North Aegean region. In Classical antiquity, ancient times, Samos was an especially rich and powerful city-state, particularly known for its vineyards and wine production. It is home to Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Eupalinian aqueduct, a marvel of ancient engineering. Samos is the birthplace of the Greek philosophy, Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, after whom the Pythagorean theorem is named, the philosophers Melissus of Samos and Epicurus, and the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos, the first known individual to propose that the Heliocentrism, Earth revolves around the Sun. Samian wine was well known in antiquity and is sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chios
Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of Mastic (plant resin), mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval villages and the 11th-century monastery of Nea Moni of Chios, Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Chios (regional unit), Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean modern regions of Greece, region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios, North Aegean, Chios. Locals refer to Chios town as ''Chora'' ( literally means land or country, but usually refers to the capital or a settlement at the highest point of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part of the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime boundary, maritime borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 455,503 square kilometres (175,871 square miles), with a coastline of approximately , Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arabs, Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Owing to its geographic location, Yemen has been at the crossroads of many civilisations for over 7,000 years. In 1200 BCE, the Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmir
İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had a population of 2,938,292 (in eleven urban districts), while İzmir Province had a total population of 4,493,242. Its built-up (or metro) area was home to 3,264,154 inhabitants. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. İzmir has more than 3,000 years of recorded history, recorded urban history, and Yeşilova Höyük, up to 8,500 years of history as a human settlement since the Neolithic period. In classical antiquity, the city was known as Smyrna – a name which remained in use in English and various other languages until around 1930, when governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
6th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions *6th Division (Australia) * 6th Division (Austria) *6th (United Kingdom) Division *Finnish 6th Division (Winter War) *Finnish 6th Division (Continuation War) *6th Division (Reichswehr) *6th Division (German Empire) *6th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany (subsequently renamed the 6th Grenadier Division and later the 6th Volksgrenedier Division) * 6th SS Mountain Division ''Nord'', Germany *6th Infantry Division (Greece) *6th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) *6th (Poona) Division, of the British Indian Army before and during the First World War *6th Poona Divisional Area, of the British Indian Army during the First World War *6th Infantry Division (India) * 6th Division (Iraq) *6th Alpine Division Alpi Graie, Kingdom of Italy * 6th Infantry Division Cuneo, Kingdom of Italy *6th Division (Japan) *6th Division (North Korea) * 6th Division (Norway) *6th Infantry Division (Philippines) * 6th Infantry Division (Philippine Army) *6th Infa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzunköprü
Uzunköprü is a town in Edirne Province in Turkey. It is named after a historical stone bridge, claimed to be the world's longest, on the Ergene River. It is a strategically important border town, located on the routes connecting Turkey to the Balkans and Europe. It is the seat of Uzunköprü District.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 39,577 (2022). Uzunköprü is the third most populous town of Edirne Province. The town is served by Uzunköprü railway station. History The history of Uzunköprü goes back to the |
