The Eastern Army of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

( Turkish: ''Şark Ordusu'') 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 during the mobilization phase of 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 ...

. It confronted Bulgarian forces. On October 29, 1912, it was reorganized and renamed as the First Eastern Army (''Birinci Şark Ordusu'').

Eastern Army

Order of Battle, October 17, 1912

On October 17, 1912, the army was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83. * Eastern Army HQ (Kavaklı, commander: Ferik

Kölemen Abdullah Pasha Abdullah Pasha or Abdullah Kölemen (1846–1937) was an Ottoman general in the First Balkan War, notable as the Ottoman commander in the Battle of Kirk Kilisse in 1912, the Battle of Lule Burgas, and the Battle of Adrianople (1913) in which the ...

, chief of staff: Miralay Djevat Bey) ** I Corps ** II Corps ** III Corps (commanded by

Mirliva ''Mirliva'' or ''Mîr-i livâ'' was a military rank of the Ottoman Army and Navy. It corresponds to a brigadier general ( modern Turkish: ''Tuğgeneral'') in the modern Turkish Army. ''Mirliva'' is a compound word composed of '' Mir'' (command ...

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) ** IV Provisional Corps (commanded by Ferik Ahmed Abuk Pasha) ** VII Provisional Corps **

Adrianople Fortified Area Command Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borde ...

(commanded by Ferik Mehmed Shukur Pasha) **

Kırcaali Detachment The Kırcaali Detachment of the Ottoman Empire ( Modern Turkish: ''Kırcaali Müfrezesi'' or ''Kırcaali Kolordusu'' ) was one of the Detachments under the command of the Ottoman Eastern Army. It was formed in Kırcaali (present day: Kardzhal ...

First Eastern Army

On October 29, 1912, the army was structured as follows: * First Eastern Army HQ: Ferik Ahmed Abuk Pasha ** I Corps ** II Corps ** IV Provisional Corps ** Independent Cavalry Division

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