1st Expeditionary Force (Ottoman Empire)

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Country Ottoman Empire Type Expeditionary Force		Branch Ottoman Army
Active November 1914 – 20 September 1915 Patron Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Engagements Caucasus Campaign (World War I)Battle of DilmanSecond Battle of Tortum

The 1st Expeditionary Force (Turkish: Birinci Kuvve-i Seferiye) of the Ottoman Empire was one of the expeditionary forces of the Ottoman Army.

Order of Battle

In December 1914, the 1st Expeditionary Force was structured as follows:

1st Expeditionary Force HQ (commander: Kaymakam Kâzım Karabekir Bey)

7th Infantry Regiment (3rd Division, İzmit)

9th Infantry Regiment (3rd Division, Adapazarı)

44th Infantry Regiment (15th Division, Kayseri)

3rd Battalion (Mountain Howitzer) (4th Artillery Regiment, Edirne)

4th Artillery Regiment

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