XXV Corps (Ottoman Empire)

XXV Corps
Yirmi Beşinci Kolordu
Active 1918–
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Constantinople (present day: Istanbul)
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Occupation of Constantinople
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Mirliva Nureddin Pasha (December 30, 1918)[1]-January 2, 1919[2]
Mirliva Ali Sait Pasha (October 6, 1919 – March 16, 1920[3]

The XXV Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 25 nci Kolordu or Yirmi Beşinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in Constantinople, Dersaâdet (present day: Istanbul) after the Armistice of Mudros.

Formations

Order of Battle, November 1918

In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[4]

Order of Battle, January 1919

In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:[5][6]

Sources

  1. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1972, p. 32.
  2. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1972, p. 33.
  3. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1972, p. 51.
  4. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 202.
  5. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 209.
  6. ↑ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918–1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 326.
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