3rd Corps (Turkey)

3rd Corps
3rd Corps
Founded	1911
Country	Ottoman Empire, Turkey
Branch	Turkish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Corps
Part of	First Army
Garrison/HQ	Ayazağa, Sarıyer, Istanbul
Engagements	Balkan Wars; First Balkan War (1912–1913); Second Balkan War (1913); World War I; Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916); Caucasus Campaign (1916–1917); Palestine Campaign (1917–1918); Turkish War of Independence; Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir (1921); Battle of Sakarya (1921); Battle of Dumlupınar (1922);
Commanders
Commander	Lt. Gen. Levent Ergün
Deputy Commander	Maj. Gen. Mircea Gologan
Chief of Staff	Brig. Gen. Tolga Genç
Notable; commanders	Mehmet Esat Bülkat (1862–1952); Refet Bele (1877–1967); Fahrettin Altay (1880–1974);

The 3rd Corps (Turkish: 3. Kolordu) is a field corps of the Turkish Army and the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps — Türkiye^[1] (NRDC-T). Headquartered at Ayazaga, Sarıyer in Istanbul, it is part of the First Army. It was established at Kirklareli on March 14, 1911, in the Ottoman Empire. It took part in the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, the Gallipoli Campaign, operations in the Caucasus 1916–1917, and operations in Palestine in 1918. It then took part in the Battles of Kutahya and Sakarya in 1921, and the Great Assault of 1922.^[2]

^ "NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Türkiye". NATO. 21 May 2022.
^ "About". NATO Rapid Deployeble Corps-Turkey. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-03-18.