The İpek Detachment of the

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 Centr ...

( Turkish: ''İpek Müfrezesi'') was one of the Detachment under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in İpek (present day:

Peć Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova (region), Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the ...

) area during the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Greece and Kingdom of Montenegro, Montenegro) agai ...

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170. *İpek Detachment HQ (Montenegrin Front, under the command of the Western Army) ** 21st Division ***61st Infantry Regiment ***62nd Infantry Regiment **Pirzerin Redif Division

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