39th Infantry Division (Turkey)

39th Infantry Division (Turkey)
39'uncu Mekanize Piyade Tümen
Country	Turkey
Part of	Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command
Garrison/HQ	Myrtou, Cyprus 35°18′46″N 33°3′44″E / 35.31278°N 33.06222°E / 35.31278; 33.06222
Engagements	Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Hasan Ceylan

The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division is an infantry formation of the Turkish Land Forces.

In 1941 it was part of XVII Corps at Maras.^[1] It was deployed from the mainland to Cyprus for the Turkish invasion of Cyprus 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. Necdet Ozel commanded the division from 1999 for two-three years.

Turkish Army Formations

Commands

2nd Corps	4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 95th Armored Brigade 102nd Artillery Regiment Corps Engineer Combat Regiment 5th Commando Regiment 41st Commando Brigade
3rd Corps	52nd Tactical Armored Division 2nd Armored Brigade 66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 23rd Tactical Motorized Infantry Division 47th Motorized Infantry Regiment
5th Corps	1st Armored Brigade 3rd Armored Brigade 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion 105th Artillery Regiment

4th Corps	28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 58th Artillery Regiment 1st Commando Brigade 2nd Commando Brigade 56 Motorized Infantry Brigade
6th Corps	5th Armored Brigade 20th Armored Brigade 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 106th Artillery Regiment 6th Mechanized Infantry Division
7th Corps	3rd Tactical Infantry Division 34th Border Brigade 16th Mechanized Brigade 20th Mechanized Brigade 48th Border Brigade 2nd Border Brigade 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 172nd Armored Brigade 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 107th Artillery Regiment Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

8th Corps	1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade 51st Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th Commando Brigade 4th Commando Brigade 108th Artillery Regiment 17th Motorized Infantry Brigade 225th Motorized Infantry Brigade 7th Commando Brigade
9th Corps	9th Tactical Infantry Division 4th Armored Brigade 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 25th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade 25th Border Brigade 17th Commando Brigade 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade 109th Artillery Regiment 9th Commando Brigade

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force	28th Mechanized Infantry Division 39th Mechanized Infantry Division 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) KTBK Cyprus Special Forces Regiment KTBK Cyprus Artillery Regiment
Direct Command	57th Artillery Training Brigade 19th Infantry Brigade 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade 5th Army Aviation School Command 2nd Infantry Regiment Commando Training School Command 3rd Infantry Training Brigade 1st Infantry Training Brigade 11th Commando Brigade

References

↑ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (Turkish)

Permanent Representative of Cyprus, 2007 letter to Secretary-General Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

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