6th Corps (Turkey)

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|start_date = 1921

|country = Ottoman Empire, Turkey

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|branch = Turkish Army

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|command_structure = Second Army

|garrison = Adana

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Syrian Civil War

• Operation Spring Shield
• Operation Euphrates Shield
• Operation Olive Branch
• Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)
• 2016 Dabiq offensive
• Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)
• Battle of al-Bab

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|commander1 = Maj. Gen. Levent Ergün

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|commander2 = Brig. Gen. Mustafa Cüneyt Arıkan

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The 6th Corps (Turkish: 6. Kolordu) is a field corps of the Turkish Army. It is headquartered at Adana in Adana Province, and is part of Second Army.

The 1974 Turkish military operations in Cyprus consisted of two distinct offensives, the first being "Atilla 1", which commenced in the early hours of July 20, 1974, with an amphibious landing force, directed by the 6th Corps, forming a beachhead at Kyrenia's Five Mile Beach. It comprised only infantry troops, but was supported by rolling air and naval artillery attacks, and met with limited resistance from the Cyprus National Guard, which was in disarray as a result of the July 15, 1974 coup. The majority of fighting ceased on the 23rd of July, though sporadic clashes continued after this date until the 14th of August.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/aporritos-attilas-3bf-3b1-3c0-3cc-3c1-3c1-3b7-3c4-3bf-3c2-3b1-3c4-3c4-3af-3bb-3b1-3c2/dp/9606302113 Savvas Vlassis, "O Aporritos Attilas", Doureios Ippos (2004).] "Atilla 1" successfully achieved its objective of forming a bridgehead with the Turkish Cypriot enclave of Agyrta-Nicosia.Drousiotis, 2004.{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}

When the corps that carried out the Cyprus Operation landed in Cyprus, its name was changed to the Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces. It was re-established immediately after the operation.

6th Corps was reported in 2004 to consist of:Sarıibrahimoğlu 2004, DCAF.

• 5th Armored Brigade (Gaziantep){{cite web|title=5. Zırhlı Tugay Komutanlığı'nda Sancak Devir Teslimi |url=http://www.gaziantep.gov.tr/5-zirhli-tugay-komutanliginda-sancak-devir-teslimi |date=2018}}
• 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (İskenderun)
• 106th Artillery Regiment (Islahiye)

The corps was temporarily reduced in status to a division, the 6th Mechanised Infantry Division, in late 2011 after the arrest of Lieutenant General Mehmet Eröz as part of the "Internet memorandum" case, but by June 2012 Turkish press reports were reporting that it would be upgraded in status to corps level once more.{{cite web|last=TAFOLAR |first=MERİÇ |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/suriye-sinirina-yeniden-kolordu-1560213|title=Suriye sınırına yeniden kolordu |place=Ankara |date=2012-06-29 }}

In 2015, Osman Erbaş was appointed commander of the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division (the former 6th Corps. He was in this role during the 15 July 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt and gave orders to his subordinates to resist the attempt. He afterwards attended ceremonies for those men of the security services who were killed in the coup attempt, stating that their killers "are not soldiers", but "murderers". Erbaş was a witness in the March 2017 trial of 35 former soldiers of the 106th Artillery Regiment who were accused of participating in the coup.{{cite news |title=Korgeneral Osman Erbaş'ın o sözleri hiç unutulmadı FETÖ'cü hain için 'vur emri' çıkarmıştı |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/bitliste-sehit-dusen-korgeneral-osman-erbas-fetocu-hain-icin-vur-emri-cikarmisti-41755293 |access-date=5 March 2021 |work=Hurriyet |date=4 March 2021 |language=tr}}

In fact, it was only 2021, it was raised to the corps level again and Lieutenant General Metin Tokel was appointed as the commander.