The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command or Mediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command or ÃÂanakkale Fortified Area Command (Turkish: Bahr-i Sefîd BoÃÂazñ Mevki(i) Müstahkem KomutanlñÃÂñ or Akdeniz BoÃÂazñ Müstahkem Mevki(i) KomutanlñÃÂñ or ÃÂanakkale BoÃÂazñ Müstahkem Mevki(i) KomutanlñÃÂñ or ÃÂanakkale Müstahkem Mevki(i) KomutanlñÃÂñ) was the Ottoman fortified area command and was formed to defend against attacks on the Dardanelles from the Aegean Sea.
After the founding of Turkey, the protection of the fortified position on the Dardanelles was entrusted to the 1st Corps, based in ÃÂanakkale. 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 the Turkish Naval Forces, has guarded the position.
With reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the fortified area command was headquartered in ÃÂanakkale, under the command of II Corps. The Dardanelles Fortified Area Command in 1911 was structured as such:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, ÃÂanakkale
In December 1912, the area command was structured as follows:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command (ÃÂanakkale, Commander: Mirliva Fahri Pasha)
The Dardanelles Fortified Area was first-class fortified area, the commander of this fortified area was given the corps' authority. It was headquartered in ÃÂanakkale. The formation of the fortified area in 1915 was as follows:
Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, ÃÂanakkale