Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
TheDardanelles defenses in February/March 1915, showingminefields,anti-submarine nets and major gun batteries.
Active	1911–1949
Country	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Type	Fortified Area Command
Garrison/HQ	Çanakkale
Patron	Sultans of theOttoman Empire
Engagements	World War I Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mirliva Fahri Pasha MirlivaCevat Pasha (November 29, 1914 – October 8, 1915[1]) MirlivaNihat Pasha (October 1915 – November 1917[2]) MiralaySelâhattin Bey (November 27, 1917 – December 29, 1918[3])

TheDardanelles Fortified Area Command orMediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command orÇanakkale Fortified Area Command (Turkish:Bahr-i Sefîd Boğazı Mevki(i) Müstahkem Komutanlığı orAkdeniz Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı orÇanakkale Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı orÇanakkale Müstahkem Mevki(i) Komutanlığı) was theOttoman fortified area command and was formed to defend against attacks on theDardanelles from theAegean Sea.

After the founding ofTurkey, the protection of the fortified position on the Dardanelles was entrusted to the 1st Corps, based in Çanakkale. The 2nd Corps, based in Gallipoli, defended the Gallipoli Peninsula against land attacks. The 1st Corps was abolished in 1947, and the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command was abolished in 1949. Since then, the Dardanelles Strait Command, established under the auspices of theTurkish Naval Forces, has guarded the position.

With reorganizations of theOttoman Army, to include the creation ofcorps level headquarters, by 1911 the fortified area command was headquartered inÇanakkale, under the command ofII Corps. The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command in 1911 was structured as such:^[4]

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

In December 1912, the area command was structured as follows:^[5]

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)

The Dardanelles Fortified Area was first-class fortified area, the commander of this fortified area was given thecorps' authority. It was headquartered in Çanakkale. The formation of the fortified area in 1915 was as follows:^[6]

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)

• Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
• History of the Dardanelles
• Adrianople vilayet
• Fortifications in Turkey
• Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire
• Army units and formations of Turkey

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