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: ''11 nci Kolordu'' ''or'' ''On Birinci Kolordu'') was one of the
corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
of the
Ottoman Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the years ...
. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formation
With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the XI Corps was headquartered in
Van
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. The Corps before 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 ...
in 1911 was structured as such:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 381.
*XI Corps,
Van
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** 33rd Infantry Division, Van
***88th Infantry Regiment, Van
***89th Infantry Regiment,
Başkale
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***90th Infantry Regiment, Bayezit
***33rd Rifle Battalion, Van
***33rd Division Band, Van
** 34th Infantry Division,
Muş
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Malazgirt
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***34th Rifle Battalion,
Yemen
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***34th Division Band, Muş
*Units of IX Corps
*23rd Cavalry Regiment, Van
*21st Field Artillery Battalion, Van
*11th Transport Battalion, Van
*22nd Mountain Artillery Battalion
*Border companies x 8
Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914, April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916
In August 1914, November 1914, Late April 1915, Summer 1915, January 1916, August 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. 38, 43, 86, 109, 126, 134.
*XI Corps (Caucasus)
** 18th Division, 33rd Division, 34th Division