The 48th Regiment - Centennial Heroic Epic

The 48th Regiment is a Turkish Union that fought heroically from 1912, when it was founded under the reconstructed Macedonian Vardar Army, until Hatay's reunification with the homeland. Especially in the wars he participated in between 1912-1921, he achieved successes that almost changed the course of Turkish history. In the Soroviç Victory, which was the last battle won in the Macedonian Front, in the repulsing of the Anzac troops on the Anafartalar, Chunuk Bairı and Kanlısırt fronts in Çanakkale, the Palestine Front I and II. He played a major role in the successes won against the Great British Army in the Battles of Gaza.
III. The 48th Regiment, which was abolished after most of its soldiers were captured by the British Army in the Battle of Gaza, was re-established under the Central Army of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey during the National Struggle. He is one of our troops, whose arrival at the front in the Battle of Sakarya was celebrated by the Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha with a telegram of joy and thanks. This heroic regiment of ours changed the fate of the war with their resistance on the Beylikköprü-Beştepeler defense line, which was one of the most critical points of the Sakarya Pitched Battle, at the expense of the almost complete destruction of the regiment. The 48th Regiment is also the regiment of heroic soldiers who had the honor of being the first Turkish Union to enter Hatay after years of joining the homeland of Hatay, and as a result of all these victories, it has become a symbol of national courage and resistance in Turkish history with the medals affixed to its flag.