XVI_Corps_(Ottoman_Empire)

XVI Corps (Ottoman Empire)

XVI Corps (Ottoman Empire)

Military unit

The XVI Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 16 ncı Kolordu or On Altıncı Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.

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Formations

Order of Battle, August 1916, December 1916

In August 1916, December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[2]

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[3]

  • XVI Corps (Caucasus)
    • 5th Division, 8th Division

Sources

  1. [1]
    T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 8. (in Turkish)
  2. [2]
    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. 134, 154.
  3. [3]
    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. 170.
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