Dardanelles Fortified Area Command

Formations

Order of battle, 1911

With reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the fortified area command was headquartered in Çanakkale, under the command of II Corps. The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command in 1911 was structured as such:

Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Çanakkale

• 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment
• 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment
• 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment
• Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment
• Torpedo Detachment
• Mine Detachment
• Wireless Detachment

Order of battle, December 1912

In December 1912, the area command was structured as follows:

Dardanelles Fortified Area Command (Çanakkale, Commander: Mirliva Fahri Pasha)

• 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment
• 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment
• 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment
• Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment
• Torpedo Detachment
• Underwater Mine Detachment
• 27th Infantry Division (Eceabat)
• Provisional Infantry Division (Bolayır)
• Afyon Redif Division (Eceabat)
• Çanakkale Redif Division (Cape Helles)
• Erdemit Redif Division (Suvla Bey)
• Kavak Detachment (Kavak)
• Menderes Detachment (Kum Kale)

Order of battle, 1915

The Dardanelles Fortified Area was first-class fortified area, the commander of this fortified area was given the corps' authority. It was headquartered in Çanakkale. The formation of the fortified area in 1915 was as follows:

Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Çanakkale

• 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade (İkinci Ağır Topçu Tugayı), Çimenlik Tabyası
  • 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment
  • 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment
  • 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment
• Fortress Engineer Company
• Engineer Construction Company
• Communication Company
• Mine Detachment
• Searchlight Detachment (8 searchlight)
• Fortified Area Ammunition Depot Detachment
• Bolayır Ammunition Depot Detachment
• Sea Transportation (3 motorboat with 3 small boat)