I Corps 1 nci Kolordu / Birinci Kolordu
Active	1911–
Country	Ottoman Empire
Type	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Harbiye, Constantinople
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements	Gallipoli Campaign (World War I)

The I Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 1 nci Kolordu or Birinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army consisting of ethnic Albanians.^[1] It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms

Formation

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Order of Battle, 1911

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With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the I Corps was headquartered in Harbiye. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:^[2]

I Corps, Harbiye, Constantinople (Ferik Zeki Pasha)
- 1st Infantry Division, Harbiye, Constantinople
  - 1st Infantry Regiment, Harbiye, Constantinople
  - 2nd Infantry Regiment, Bakırköy, Constantinople
  - 3rd Infantry Regiment, İşkodra
  - 1st Rifle Battalion, Taksim, Constantinople
  - 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Taksim, Constantinople
  - 1st Division Band, Harbiye, Constantinople
- 2nd Infantry Division, Selimiye, Constantinople (Mirliva Prens Aziz Pasha)
  - 4th Infantry Regiment, İşkodra
  - 5th Infantry Regiment, Selimiye, Constantinople
  - 6th Infantry Regiment, Selimiye, Constantinople
  - 2nd Rifle Battalion, Selimiye, Constantinople
  - 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, Selimiye, Constantinople
  - 2nd Division Band, Selimiye, Constantinople
- 3rd Infantry Division, Pangaltı, Constantinople (Mirliva Osman Pasha)
  - 7th Infantry Regiment, Taşkışla, Constantinople
  - 8th Infantry Regiment, Taşkışla, Constantinople
  - 9th Infantry Regiment, Kağıthane, Constantinople
  - 3rd Rifle Battalion, Tophane, Constantinople
  - 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Rami Kışlası, Constantinople
  - 3rd Division Band, Taşkışla, Constantinople
Units of I Corps
1st Rifle Regiment, Yıldız, Constantinople
1st Cavalry Brigade, Davutpaşa, Constantinople
- 1st Cavalry Regiment, Yıldız, Constantinople
- 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Davutpaşa, Constantinople
2nd Cavalry Brigade, Davutpaşa, Constantinople
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Davutpaşa, Constantinople
- 4th Cavalry Regiment, Selimiye, Constantinople
1st Horse Artillery Battalion, Davutpaşa, Constantinople
1st Mountain Artillery Battalion, Münzevî Kışlası, Constantinople
1st Field Howitzer Battalion, Gümüşsuyu, Constantinople
1st Engineer Battalion, İplikhane, Constantinople
1st Telegraph Battalion, Ertuğrul Kışlası, Constantinople
1st Medical Battalion, Ahırkapı, Constantinople
1st Railroad Battalion, Ahırkapı, Constantinople
2nd Railroad Battalion, Ahırkapı, Constantinople
War Academy, Harbiye, Constantinople
- Cavalry Squadron, Harbiye, Constantinople
- Infantry Company, Harbiye, Constantinople
- Provisional Companies x 2, Harbiye, Constantinople
- Machine-gun Company, Harbiye, Constantinople
Bosporus Fortified Area Command, Bosporus, Constantinople
- 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment, Bosporus, Constantinople
- 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment, Bosporus, Constantinople
- Searchlight Detachment, Bosporus, Constantinople
- Torpedo Detachment, Bosporus, Constantinople
- Mine Detachment, Bosporus, Constantinople
- Wireless Detachment, Bosporus, Constantinople

Balkan Wars

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Order of Battle, October 17, 1912

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On October 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:^[3]

I Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Eastern Army)
- 2nd Division, 3rd Division
- 1st Provisional Division

Order of Battle, October 29, 1912

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On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:^[4]

I Corps (Thrace, under the command of the First Eastern Army)
- 2nd Division, 3rd Division
- 1st Provisional Division, Uşak Redif Division

Order of Battle, November 17, 1912

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On November 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:^[5]

I Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army)
- 2nd Division, 3rd Division
- South Wing Detachment
I Provisional Reserve Corps
- 29th Division
- Ergli Redif Division, Kayseri Redif Division

Order of Battle, March 25, 1913

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On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows:^[6]

I Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army)
- 2nd Division
- Fatih Redif Division
I Provisional Reserve Corps
- 29th Division,
- Ergli Redif Division, Kayseri Redif Division

Order of Battle, July 1913

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I Corps (Thrace)
- 2nd Division, 28th Division, Fatih Infantry Division

World War I

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Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914

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In August 1914, November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:^[7]

I Corps (Thrace)
- 1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division

Order of Battle, Late April 1915

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In late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:^[8]

I Corps (Thrace)
- 1st Division, 2nd Division

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

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In late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:^[9]

I Corps (Gallipoli)
- 2nd Division, 3rd Division

Order of Battle, August 1916

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In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:^[10]

I Corps (Gallipoli)
- 14th Division, 16th Division

Order of Battle, December 1916

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In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:^[11]

I Corps (Thrace)
- 14th Division, 16th Division

Order of Battle, August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918

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In August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:^[12]

I Corps (Thrace)
- 42nd Division

After Mudros

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Order of Battle, November 1918

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In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:^[13]

I Corps (Thrace)
- 55th Division

Order of Battle, January 1919

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In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:^[14]^[15]

I Corps (Thrace, Adrianople; present day Edirne)
- 49th Division (Kırkkilise; present day Kırklareli)
  - 153rd Infantry Regiment, 154th Infantry Regiment, 155th Infantry Regiment, 185th Infantry Regiment
- 60th Division (Malkara)
  - 186th Infantry Regiment, 187th Infantry Regiment

Sources

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^ Tucker, Spencer (2009). A global chronology of conflict: from the ancient world to the modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 1549. ISBN 978-1-85109-667-1. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 371–372.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 128.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
^ 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. 38, 43.
^ 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. 86.
^ 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. 109, 126.
^ 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.
^ 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. 154.
^ 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, 181, 188, 197.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 326.

v t e Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars
Army	Eastern 1^st Eastern 2^nd Eastern Western Vardar Chataldja Gallipoli
Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XVII Reserve XVIII Reserve Scutari Maydos Bolayır Struma Yanya Karadağ Border
Detachments	Firzovik Galip Pasha İpek Karaburun Kavak Kırcaali Menderes Nevrekop Priştine Taşlıca
Fortified Areas	Dardanelles Bosporus Chataldja Adrianople Yanya İşkodra Erzurum
Regular Infantry Divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Reserve Infantry Divisions	Afyon Redif Tümeni: Afyon Redif Alayı (Afyon, Sincanlı, Sandıklı Taburu) Akşehir Redif Alayı (Akşehir, Yalvaç, Bolvadin Taburu) Aydın Redif Tümeni: Aydin Redif Alayı (Aydin, Çine, Bozdoğan Taburu) Nazilli Redif Alayı (Nazilli, Karacasu, Sarayköy Taburu) Babaeski Redif Tümeni: Babaeski Redif Alayı (Babaeski, Uzunköprü, Hayrabolu Taburu) Çorlu Redif Alayı (Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Çatalca Taburu) Kırklareli Redif Alayı (Kırklareli, Lüleburgaz, Vize Taburu) Keşan Redif Alayı (Keşan, Gelibolu, Malkara Taburu) Çanakkale Redif Tümeni: Çanakkale Redif Alayı (Çanakkale, Lapseki Taburu) Pazar Redif Alayı (Pazar, Biga, Karabey Taburu) Biga Redif Alayı (1°, 2° Biga, Karabiga Taburu) Denizli Redif Tümeni: Denizli Redif Alayı (Denizli, Hunas, Tavas, Tefenni Taburu) Çivril Redif Alayı (Çivril, Çal, Uluborlu Taburu) Isparta Redif Alayı (Isparta, Burdur, Egridir Taburu) Drama Redif Tümeni: Kavala Redif Alayı (Kavala, Bük, Pravişte Taburu) Drama Redif Alayı (Drama, Nusretli, Rakeştan Taburu) Nevrekop Redif Alayı (Nevrekop, Karasu, Razlik, Devlen Taburu) Edirne Redif Tümeni: Edirne Redif Alayı (1. 2. 3. Edirne, Mustafa Paşa Taburu) Koşukavak Redif Alayı (1. 2. Koşukavak, Ortaköy Taburu) Dedeağaç Redif Alayı (Dedeağaç, Dimetoka, Sofulu Taburu) Elbasan Redif Tümeni: Elbasan Redif Alayı (Elbasan, Libraşt, Gramiş Taburu) Tiran Redif Alayı (Tiran, Erzen, Akçahisar Taburu) Berat Redif Alayı (Berat, Devol, Skrapar Taburu) Draç Redif Alayı (Draç, Kavaya, Peklin, Luşna Taburu) Ereğli Redif Tümeni: Ereğli Redif Alayı (Ereğli, Devrek, Gerede Taburu) Bolu Redif Alayı (Bolu, Düzce, Göynük Taburu) Bartın Redif Alayı (Bartın, Çaycuma, Safranbolu Taburu) Fatih Redif Tümeni: Fatih Redif Alayı, Süleymaniye Redif Alayı, Hırka-i-Şerif Redif Alayı Gümülcine Redif Tümeni: Gümülcine Redif Alayı (1. 2. 3. Gümülcine Taburu) Sultanyeri Redif Alayı (1. 2. Sultanyeri, Kırcaali Taburu) İskeçe Redif Alayı (1. 2. İskeçe Taburu) İştip Redif Tümeni: İştip Redif Alayı (İştip, Hotina, Radovişte Taburu) Koçana Redif Alayı (Koçana, Bereketli Taburu) Köprülü Redif Alayı (Köprülü, Babone, Tikveş Taburu) İzmit Redif Tümeni: İzmit Redif Alayı (İzmit, Adapazarı, Karamürsel, Şile Taburu) Bilecik Redif Alayı (Bilecik, Geyve, Söğüt Taburu) Eskişehir Redif Alayı (Eskişehir, Seyitgazi, Sivrihisar Taburu) Kastamonu Redif Tümeni: Kastamonu Redif Alayı (Kastamonu, Daday, Araç, Taşköprü Taburu) İnebolu Redif Alayı (İnebolu, Cide, Küre-i Nuhas Taburu) Sinop Redif Alayı (Sinop, Ayancık, Boyabat Taburu) Kayseri Redif Tümeni: Kayseri Redif Alayı (Kayseri, Erkilet, Boğazlıyan Taburu) Nevşehir Redif Alayı (Nevşehir, Ürgüp, Aksaray Taburu) Develi Redif Alayı (Develi, Tavlon, Niğde Taburu) Kırcaali: Kircaali Redif Alayı (1., 2., 3.Kırcaali Taburu) Palas Redif Alayı (1., 2.Palas, Darıdere Taburu) Eğri Dere Redif Alayı (1., 2., 3.Eğridere Taburu) Konya Redif Tümeni: Konya Redif Alayı (Konya, Sille, Ilgin Taburu) Seydişehir Redif Alayı (Seydişehir, Beyşehir, Akseki Taburu) Karaman Redif Alayı (Karaman, Ereğli, Bozkır Taburu) Manastır Redif Tümeni: Manastir Redif Alayı (Manastir, Resne, Filorina, Ohri Taburu) Pirlepe Redif Alayı (Pirlepe, Kirçova, Kroşova Taburu) Mitroviça Redif Tümeni: Mitroviça Redif Alayı (Mitroviça, Yenipazar, Ibre Taburu) Seniçe Redif Alayı (Seniçe, Prepol, Taşlıca Taburu) Nasliç Redif Tümeni: Nasliç Redif Alayı (Nasliç, Kesriye, Bihlişte Taburu) Görice Redif Alayı (Görice, Malik, Starova Taburu) Kozana Redif Alayı (Kozana, Serfiçe, Kayalar, Soroviç Taburu) Pirizren Redif Tümeni: Gore Redif Alayı (Gore-i Bâla, Gore-i Zir, Luma Taburu) Geylan Redif Alayı (Geylan, Morava-i Bâla, Morava-i Zir, Firzovik Taburu) Prizren Redif Alayı (1. Prizren, 2. Prizren, Şart Taburu) Selanik Redif Tümeni: Vodina Redif Alayı (Vodina, Karacaova, Kareferye Taburu) Vardar Redif Alayı (Vardar, Yenice, Gevgeli Taburu) Selanik Redif Alayı (Selanik, Kesendire, Sanayi Taburu) Kelemeriye Redif Alayı (Kelemeriye, Langaza Taburu) Samsun Redif Tümeni: Samsun Redif Alayı (Samsun, Çarşamba, Bafra Taburu) Ünye Redif Alayı (Ünye, Perşembe, Fatsa Taburu) Giresun Redif Alayı (Giresun, Ordu, Tirebolu Taburu) Serez Redif Tümeni: Serez Redif Alayı (Serez, Nigrita, Demirhisar, Menlik Taburu) Ustrumca Redif Alayı (Ustrumca, Petriç, Osmaniye Taburu) Avrathisar Redif Alayı (Avrathisar, Doyran Taburu) İzmir Redif Tümeni: Akhisar Redif Alayı (Akhisar, Sındırgı, Manisa Taburu) Soma Redif Alayı (Soma, Bergama, Dikili Taburu) İzmir Redif Alayı (İzmir, Bornova, Menemen Taburu) Uşak Redif Tümeni: Uşak Redif Alayı (Uşak, Eşme, Kula Taburu) Simav Redif Alayı (Simav, Gediz, Emet Taburu) Kasaba Redif Alayı (Kasaba, Demirci, Alaşehir Taburu) Selimiye Redif Tümeni: Üsküdar Redif Alayı, Cihangir Redif Alayı, Kasımpaşa Redif Alayı Üsküp Redif Tümeni: Üsküp Redif Alayı (Üsküp, Acarlar, Kaçanik Taburu) Preşova Redif Alayı (Preşova, Bilaç, Kumanova Taburu) Kalkandelen Redif Alayı (Kalkandelen, Şar, Gostivar Taburu) Yanya Redif Tümeni: Yanya Redif Alayı (Yanya, Aydonat, Filat, Margiliç Taburu) Ergeri Redif Alayı (Ergeri, Permedi, Leskovik, Devline Taburu) Avlonya Redif Alayı (Avlonya, Tepedelen, Fiyer, Malakas Taburu)
Cavalry Divisions	Ind. Cav. 1st Tribal Cav. 2nd Tribal Cav. 3rd Tribal Cav. 4th Tribal Cav.
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v t e Ottoman Forces during World War I
Army groups	Yildirim Caucasus Eastern
Armies	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXV Iraq Area Halil I Caucasian II Caucasian Hejaz
Fortified areas	Dardanelles Bosphorus Chataldja Adrianople Smyrna Erzurum Kars
Infantry divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 1 Caucasian 2 Caucasian 3 Caucasian 5 Caucasian 9 Caucasian 10 Caucasian 11 Caucasian 36 Caucasian 37 Caucasian
Other divisions	1 Cavalry 2 Cavalry 3 Cavalry Van Gendarmerie
Others	1st Expeditionary Force 5th Expeditionary Force German Asia Corps Africa Hejaz Expeditionary Force 1st Provisional Force 2nd Provisional Force Islamic Army of the Caucasus 57 Rgt. 177 Rgt.