The Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on 8 November 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Yusuf Izzet Pasha
…Yusıf-İzət Paşə; 1876 in Yozgat – April 15, 1922, in Ankara) was an Ottoman general of Circassian origin, who served both the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence…
Commanders of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence
Turkish soldiers in a trench waiting for the order to attack with fixed bayonets on their rifles
German picture depicting the uniforms of the Turkish Army in World War II
Selimiye Barracks (1828) in Istanbul is the headquarters of the First Army of the Turkish Land Forces.