The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division is an
infantry
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formation
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of the
Turkish Land Forces
The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the foun ...
.
In 1941 it was part of XVII Corps at
Maras.
[Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (Turkish)] It was deployed from the mainland to
Cyprus
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for the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish Cy ...
in 1974, under Major General Bedrettin Demirel. On landing it immediately became involved in the
Battle of Pentemili beachhead.
Since the 1970s it has formed part of 11th Corps/
Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces
The Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command () is the Turkish garrison in Cyprus. In 1974 Turkish troops invaded Cyprus following a Greek Cypriot coup d'état (organized and supported by the Greek government, which was still in the hands of a milit ...
.
Necdet Ozel commanded the division from 1999 for two-three years.
References
External links
*Permanent Representative of Cyprus
2007 letter to Secretary-General{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000404/http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/MOI/pio/pio.nsf/All/4FC90989378EAD00C225729000290986?OpenDocument , date=2007-09-27
Mechanized divisions of Turkey
Turkish invasion of Cyprus